Childhood Acute Poisoning at Haiphong Children’s Hospital: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

Table 2

Poisoning agent distribution in children with acute poisoning ().

Agent	Number of cases ()	Percentage (%)
Nonpharmaceutical chemicals	331	42.9
Cleaning products	63	19.0
Rat poison	60	18.1
Petrol	42	12.7
Others	166	50.2
Medications	290	37.6
Paracetamol	60	20.7
Sedatives	40	13.8
Others	190	65.5
Foodstuffs	107	13.9
Narcotics	24	3.1
Animal-related injuries	19	2.5
Total	771	100