Acute intoxications represent a major public health problem, especially when affect a population such as children, who are vulnerable and at greater risk of unintentional and preventable poisonings. The primary objective of the study is to assess the epidemiology of acute intoxications in paediatric age with respect to the social and care factors associated with it in order to then implement in the future a better diagnostic-therapeutic management modality on a national level. Thi is a prospective non-profit multicentre observational cohort study on acute intoxications in the paediatric age, conducted by AMIETOX, aimed at CAVs (Poison Control Centres) and PSPs (Paediatric emergency room).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
90
Ospedale Santa Maria Annunziata
Bagno a Ripoli, Firenze, Italy
RECRUITINGOspedale Del Mugello
Borgo San Lorenzo, Firenze, Italy
RECRUITINGOspedale G B Morgagni
Forlì, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
RECRUITINGMater Salutis
Legnago, Verona, Italy
RECRUITINGOspedale Maggiore
Bologna, Italy
RECRUITINGOspedale Centrale Bolzano
Bolzano, Italy
RECRUITINGOspedale Brotzu
Cagliari, Italy
RECRUITINGOspedale San Giuseppe
Empoli, Italy
RECRUITINGMeyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Florence, Italy
RECRUITINGOspedale Misericordia
Grosseto, Italy
RECRUITING...and 21 more locations
Determination of Incidence of intoxication in paediatric children
Subjects will be stratified by age and type of assumed toxic substance. The incidence of intoxication in paediatric children will be measured taking the total number of new cases of intoxication and divided that by the sum of the person-time of the at-risk population.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Determination of Prevalence of intoxication in paediatric children
Subjects will be stratified by age and type of assumed toxic substance. The prevalence of intoxication in this population will be measured calculating the number of people in the sample with the characteristic of interest, divided by the total number of people in the sample.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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