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Abstract
Acute poisoning is now a common pediatric emergency and is one
of the important causes of morbidity and mortality in children specially in developing countries Accidental kerosene poisoning is one of the most common forms of acute childhood poisoning in most developing countries, where kerosene is used as fuel for cooking, heating and cleaning purposes The primary threat to life after the ingestion of kerosene is respiratory failure, which results from chemical pneumonitis resulting from aspiration of vomitus following ingestion The present study was carried out at the outpatient clinic of Menoufiya University Hospitals over one year, at a period from the beginning of May 2008 until the end of April 2009. The study was conducted on (104 children) admitted with acute kerosene poisoning They were studied as regards, socio-demographic pattern (age, sex residence and mother education), seasonal variation, clinical presentation
and prognosis The infant cases were 61 (58.7%), the number of cases in the preschool age group was 36 cases (34.6%) and the number of cases in the school age group was 7 cases (6.7%) The present study showed that, the majority of the cases were in the infant and preschool age groups (93.3%) and male patients were 52 50%) and female patients were 52 (50%) with a male: female ratio of 1:1 The majority of cases, in this study, came from rural areas which constituted 60 cases (57.7%) while 44 cases (42.3%) came from urban areas The present study showed that the higher number of cases of kerosene poisoning was admitted in summer 32 (30.8%) followed by winter 28 cases (26.9%), autumn season 25 cases (24%) and the least was during spring 19 cases (18.3%).There was a marked rise in poisoning admissions during the months of June, July, August and September. The maximum admissions were in September 14 cases (13.5%) while the
lowest incidence was in January 6 cases (5.8%).