Table 5. Poison Severity Score Outcomes of Acute Poisoning with Pharmaceutical Agents in Children, ASU-PTC, Cairo (2009-2013).
| Poisonous Agent | No/Minor Effects N (%)* |
Moderate N (%)* |
Severe N (%)* |
Death N (%)* |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics, and anti-rheumatics | 2,563 (93.9) | 146 (5.3) | 19 (0.7) | 1 (0.04) | 2,729 |
| Drugs acting on respiratory system | 378 (23.6) | 1,169 (72.9) | 56 (3.5) | 1 (0.1) | 1,604 |
| Antimicrobials | 1,581 (99.8) | 3 (0.2) | 0 | 0 | 1,584 |
| Cardiovascular drugs | 832 (55.7) | 272 (18.2) | 386 (25.8) | 4 (0.3) | 1,494 |
| Anticonvulsants | 491 (44) | 562 (50.4) | 58 (5.2) | 4 (0.4) | 1,115 |
| Opioids | 709 (66) | 216 (20.1) | 144 (13.4) | 5 (0.5) | 1,074 |
| Hormones | 976 (99.5) | 4 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 981 |
| Antipsychotics | 349 (46.2) | 382 (50.5) | 24 (3.2) | 1 (0.1) | 756 |
| Antidiabetics | 274 (39.5) | 398 (57.4) | 21 (3) | 0 | 693 |
| Sedative hypnotics | 523 (84.2) | 88 (14.2) | 10 (1.6) | 0 | 621 |
| Others | 2,408 (85.5) | 328 (11.6) | 78 (2.8) | 3† (0.1) | 2,817 |
| Total | 11,084 (71.7) | 3,568 (23.1) | 797 (5.2) | 19 (0.1) | 15,468 |
*
Percentage by row
†
The causative agent was an antidepressant in two cases and a cytotoxic drug in one case.