Enquête sur les intoxications aigue chez les enfants hospitalisés entre 2022 à 2025 :L’établissement Hospitalier Spécialisé Mère et Enfant El-djaida Belhadi El Eulma-Sétif

Abstract

This is a retrospective study extending from January 2022 to February 2025 and including all intoxications in children under 15 years of age hospitalised in the paediatric intensive care unit of the EHS ( Eldjaida Belhadi El Eulma Sétif) during this study period, we recorded 468 cases of intoxication of all types, Of the 468 cases recorded, 209 patients were female, representing 44.65% of all patients, and 259 were male, representing 55.35% of all patients Medicines and CO gas were the most common products involved, with proportions of 35% and 36% respectively. Ingestion by the oral route was the most frequent, accounting for 53% (233 patients), while poisoning by inhalation represented 38% of cases (57 patients) Accidental poisoning was the most common circumstance, accounting for 95%. Voluntary poisoning was noted in 5% of cases. Poisoning was individual in 61% of cases. Key words: acute poisoning, epidemiological study, children, el Eulma Sétif