Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka

Table 4

Patterns of commonly ingested medications among children in North Central Province (THA- Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, PDGH- Polonnaruwa District General Hospital, and RDHS- Regional Director of Health Services).

Medication	THA retrospective study (n − 135) (%)	THA prospective study (%)	PDGH (n − 108) (%)	RDHS study (n − 55) (%)	Total (%)
1. Paracetomol	48 (35.5)	39 (33.9)	27 (29)	22 (53.6)	137 (35.6)
2. Salbutamol	20 (14.8)	20 (17.3)	9 (9.6)	6 (14.6)	55 (14.3)
3. Chlorpheniramine	14 (10.3)	7 (6.1)	13 (13.9)	2 (4.8)	35 (9.1)