Characteristics of unintentional ingestion of oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics in preschool children
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Article Category: Original article
Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2021
Pages: 299 - 304
Reçu: 01 oct. 2021
Accepté: 01 déc. 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2021-72-3596
© 2021 Heinz-Elmar Tenorth, published by Sciendo
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Figure 1
Profile of patients ingesting ibuprofen and paracetamol above maximum daily doses
| Ibuprofen (MDD 30 mg/kg) | Paracetamol (MDD 960 mg) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPCC cases (N=121) | CHZ cases (N=15) | CPCC cases (N=35) | CHZ cases (N=4) | |
| 60 (32–270) |
86 (34–256) |
86 (36–218) |
145 (86–203) |
|
| 2 (2) | 1 (7) | 1 (3) | 1 (25) | |
| 7 (6) |
7 (47) |
1 (3) | 3 (75) | |
| not investigated | 72 (34–256) | not investigated | 145 (135–155) | |
| vomiting | not investigated | 3 (20) | not investigated | 2 (50) |
| diarrhoea | – | 1 (25) | ||
| abnormal laboratory findings | 5 (33) |
2 (50) |
||
Patient demographics and circumstances of exposure (2009–2019)
| CPCC cases (N=411) | CHZ cases (N=55) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 (2.0–3.0) | 2.9 (2.2–3.7) | |
| 188(46) | 32 (53) | |
| ibuprofen | 191(46) | 26 (47) |
| paracetamol | 79 (19) | 14 (25) |
| ketoprofen | 59(14) | 9 (16) |
| diclofenac | 44 (11) | 5 (9) |
| acetylsalicylic acid | 22 (5) | 1 (2) |
| other |
16 (4) | – |
| unsupervised child ingested the drug left within reach | 386(94) | 54 (98) |
| dosing error made by parents/caregivers | 25 (6) | 1 (2) |