Praktické lekárnictvo 2-3/2014

Poisonings in children

The National Toxicological Information Centre (NTIC) in Bratislava responds every year to about 4 000 inquiries from all over Slovakia. Childhood poisoning remains a significant health problem in our country. With the aim to obtain more information about the structure of poisoning in children, we performed a retrospective analysis of all accidents in children.

Keywords: NTIC, childhood poisoning, structure of poisoning, clinical severity.