Multicentre Prospective Observational Study of Acute Intoxications in Paediatric Age

Condition(s) studied

Study summary

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).

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Determination of Incidence of intoxication in paediatric children — through study completion, an average of 1 year
  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.
• Determination of Prevalence of intoxication in paediatric children — through study completion, an average of 1 year
  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.

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