General approach to poisoning cases

Abstract

Poisoning; It is the harm of a foreign substance such as medicine, cleaning product and pesticides to the body through toxic dose mouth, inhalation, injection and absorption through the skin. It is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in childhood. More than 45,000 children and adolescents die from poisoning each year. The mortality rate in children under the age of 20 is 1.8 per 100,000. The death rate due to poisoning is higher in boys than in girls. Although it can be encountered at any age in childhood, children under the age of five constitute approximately 50% of all poisoning cases.