Clinical and demographic characteristics associated with foreign body intake in children aged 4-8 years, cared for at the Children´s Hospital of Mexico Federico Gómez over a period of two years
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51422/ren.v19i2.306Keywords:
Intake, Foreign body, Coins, AccidentAbstract
Introduction: accidental intake of foreign bodies (EC) in children is considered a health problem. In 2014 in the United States of America, the American PoisonIng Association Control Center reported that more than 128,000 patients had ingested an EC; more than 69% had occurred in children under the age of 5 and 83%, in children under the age of 19.
Objective: to identify and describe the clinical and demographic characteristics associated with the accidental intake of a foreign body by patients aged 4 to 8 years attended at the Children's Hospital of Mexico Federico Gómez and that allows to formulate preventive strategies, applicable in this population.
Material and methods: observational retrospective study, records of 75 patients between 4 and 8 years of age were reviewed, of which 65 met the criteria for the study, entered by diagnosis of foreign body intake, treated in HIMFG during the period 2016-2017. Those who had a health problem that conditioned this risk (neurological deterioration) and who were a home dweller were excluded. Central trend and dispersion measures were obtained for quantitative variables (mean, standard deviation, 95% confidence interval). Relative frequencies of qualitative variables were calculated.
Results: at home is where the event occurs with 91.9%, the accident has the highest incidence during the game, by 80.6%; the intake of solid objects stands out, occupying 91.9% with coins. Parents are the ones who are at the time of the event and move patients to receive medical care 87.1% and 51.6% of these types of accidents. They occurred in non-skilled day; children don't go to school. Friday is considered as a weekend as every last Friday of the month there are no classes.
Conclusion: the game is a factor that does influence this behavior, it is important to direct preventive attention, by applying rules that set limits in the game and not leave them available to children.
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