Table 2. Relationship between various risk factors and survival outcomes in pediatric patients admitted for acute poisoning (n = 136).
# Fisher’s exact test, $ Chi-square test, * data for the three most frequent agents of poisoning
| Variables | Outcome, no. (%) | p-value | ||
| Survivors (n = 119) | Non-survivors (n = 17) | |||
| Age groups | Up to 3 years | 99 (89.2%) | 12 (10.8%) | 0.311# |
| Older than 3 years | 20 (80%) | 05 (20%) | ||
| Length of stay | Up to three days | 100 (90.9%) | 10 (9.1%) | 0.021# |
| More than three days | 19 (73.1%) | 07 (26.9%) | ||
| Gender | Female | 55 (88.7%) | 07 (11.3%) | 0.696$ |
| Male | 64 (86.5%) | 10 (13.5%) | ||
| Agent of poisoning* (n = 99) | Organophosphates | 34 (87.2%) | 05 (12.8%) | 1.000# |
| Medications | 29 (87.9%) | 04 (12.1%) | ||
| Petroleum products | 23 (85.2%) | 04 (14.8%) | ||
| Place of poisoning | Home | 116 (87.9%) | 16 (12.1%) | 0.418# |
| Outside home | 03 (75%) | 01 (25%) | ||
| Intensive care admission | No | 116 (90.6%) | 12 (9.4%) | 0.001# |
| Yes | 03 (37.5%) | 05 (62.5%) | ||
| Organ support | No | 111 (94.1%) | 07 (5.9%) | <0.001# |
| Yes | 08 (44.4%) | 10 (55.6%) | ||
| Mechanical ventilation | No | 115 (89.1%) | 14 (10.9%) | 0.026# |
| Yes | 03 (50%) | 03 (50%) | ||
| Ionotropic support | No | 114 (91.9%) | 10 (8.1%) | <0.001# |
| Yes | 05 (41.7%) | 07 (58.3%) | ||
| Dialysis | No | 118 (89.4%) | 14 (10.6%) | 0.006# |
| Yes | 01 (25%) | 03 (75%) | ||