Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Four children aged between 15 months and two years presented in several different out-patient emergency departments with a history of recent ingestion of kerosene. Majority of the patients lived in crowded domestic settings, and they all presented with varying degrees of respiratory distress, differ...
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| author | Adaeze C Oreh Ibifuro Uchemefuna Ngozi Mmamelu Etin-osa U Imagbenikaro Marian A Nafiu Lawrence A Moses |
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| description | Four children aged between 15 months and two years presented in several different out-patient emergency departments with a history of recent ingestion of kerosene. Majority of the patients lived in crowded domestic settings, and they all presented with varying degrees of respiratory distress, different presentations of respiratory clinical symptoms and signs, after being subjected to various potentially dangerous home remedies to counter the effect of the kerosene. Majority of the children presented late, but all recovered following appropriate management. The presented cases demonstrate the vital importance of prompt emergency management in primary care settings, family counseling on childcare and domestic safety, and community enlightenment on reducing the complications and frequency of childhood poisoning in increasingly overcrowded and less affluent communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb5e61785e0d4a25a64479677b52dcf12023-07-21T11:37:16ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632023-01-0112479679910.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1840_22Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)Adaeze C OrehIbifuro UchemefunaNgozi MmameluEtin-osa U ImagbenikaroMarian A NafiuLawrence A MosesFour children aged between 15 months and two years presented in several different out-patient emergency departments with a history of recent ingestion of kerosene. Majority of the patients lived in crowded domestic settings, and they all presented with varying degrees of respiratory distress, different presentations of respiratory clinical symptoms and signs, after being subjected to various potentially dangerous home remedies to counter the effect of the kerosene. Majority of the children presented late, but all recovered following appropriate management. The presented cases demonstrate the vital importance of prompt emergency management in primary care settings, family counseling on childcare and domestic safety, and community enlightenment on reducing the complications and frequency of childhood poisoning in increasingly overcrowded and less affluent communities.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2023;volume=12;issue=4;spage=796;epage=799;aulast=Orehaccidental ingestionchildhood poisoningkeroseneparaffinrespiratory distressovercrowdingurbanization |
| spellingShingle | Adaeze C Oreh Ibifuro Uchemefuna Ngozi Mmamelu Etin-osa U Imagbenikaro Marian A Nafiu Lawrence A Moses Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care accidental ingestion childhood poisoning kerosene paraffin respiratory distress overcrowding urbanization |
| title | Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) |
| title_full | Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) |
| title_fullStr | Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) |
| title_short | Accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under-five age children in Nigeria – The need for vigilance in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) |
| title_sort | accidental kerosene oil ingestion in under five age children in nigeria the need for vigilance in primary care settings in low and middle income countries lmics |
| topic | accidental ingestion childhood poisoning kerosene paraffin respiratory distress overcrowding urbanization |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2023;volume=12;issue=4;spage=796;epage=799;aulast=Oreh |
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