Table 3 Clinical manifestations and outcomes of patients with household products poisoning
From: Toxico-clinical study of patients poisoned with household products; a two-year cross-sectional study
Hydrochloric acid (N = 10) | sodium hypochlorite (N = 27) | Detergent and shampoo (N = 8) | Petroleum hydrocarbon (N = 18) | Other (N = 16) | combination household products (N = 4) | Total (N = 83) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical (manifestations based on organs involvement | Skin | Normal | 10 (100) | 26 (96.3) | 8 (100) | 17 (94.4) | 15 (93.8) | 4 (100) | 80 (96.4) | > 0.05 |
Dry/ hot/ flashing | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (3.6) | |||
CNS | Alert | 10 (100) | 26 (96.3) | 7 (87.5) | 17 (94.4) | 15 (93.8) | 4 (100) | 79 (95.2) | 0.83 | |
Lethargic Obtundation | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (5.6) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.8) | |||
CV | abnormal | 0 (0) | 2 (7.4) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (18.8) | 0 (0) | 6 (7.2) | 0.30 | |
RS | abnormal | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.4) | > 0.05 | |
GI | abnormal | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | 0.67 | |
Outcome | without complication | 7 (70) | 24 (88.9) | 6 (75) | 16 (88.9) | 13 (81.25) | 4 (100) | 70 (84.30) | 0.44 | |
complication | 3 (30) | 3 (11.1) | 2 (25) | 2 (11.1) | 3 (18.8) | 0 (0) | 13 (15.7) | |||