Open Journal of Pediatrics, 2022, 12, 100-124 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojped ISSN Online: 2160-8776 ISSN Print: 2160-8741 DOI: 10.4236/ojped.2022.121012 Feb. 24, 2022 100 Open Journal of Pediatrics Spectrum of Poisoning and Outcome among Children in a Tertiary Hospital, North-East Nigeria: A 20 Years Restrospective Review, 2000-2019 Warnow Elon Isaac 1* , Jalo Iliya 1 , Sani Adamu 2 , Daniel Apllos 3 , Christianah Oyeniyi 4 1 Department of Paediatrics, College of Medical Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria 2 Department of Chemical Pathology, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria 3 Department of Paediatrics, Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Nigeria 4 Infectious Diseases Training and Research Group, Gombe, Nigeria Abstract Introduction: Acute poisoning in children is cause of hospitalization and death worldwide. It is a Paediatrics emergency with significant economic cost. There are epidemiological differences in acute poisonings in children eva- luated in Emergency departments across different countries and regions of the world. The aim of this study was to determine the causes of poisoning in children in our health facility during the period 2000-2019. Methodology: Case notes of children 6 months to 18 years managed for acute poisoning from January 2000 to December 2019 at Paediatrics unit, Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe (FTHG), were analysed. The International classification of Disease ICD 10 was used. Ethical Clearance was obtained. Results: 26,716 children were admitted with 76 cases of Acute poisoning giving a prevalence rate of 2.8/1000 children. 56.6% (43) were males. 63.2% (48) of children were <5 years of age. 69.7% (53) were urban dwellers and 59.2% (45) from low so- cioeconomic class. 52.6% (40) of poisoning occurred in rainy season. 97.3% (74) of children had unintentional poisoning. Organophosphates 22.3% (17) and kerosine 22.3% (17) were the most common substances ingested. Snake- bite and corrosive ingestion occurred in 13.1% and 11.8% of children respec- tively. Ingestion was the route in 84.2% of cases. 75.0% (57) of poisoning oc- curred at home. ACP occurred in children aged 1 - 5 years (p-value = 0.025); More in Children from low socioeconomic status (p-value = 0.001) and urban settings (p-value = 0.001). There was no statistically significant relation be- tween type of poisoning and gender p = 0.839, season p = 0.608, religion p = How to cite this paper: Isaac, W.E., Iliya, J., Adamu, S., Apllos, D. and Oyeniyi, C. (2022) Spectrum of Poisoning and Outcome among Children in a Tertiary Hospital, North-East Nigeria: A 20 Years Restrospec- tive Review, 2000-2019. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 12, 100-124. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojped.2022.121012 Received: December 14, 2021 Accepted: February 21, 2022 Published: February 24, 2022 Copyright © 2022 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access