Treatments reported for children aged <5 years and exposed to laundry detergents in Italy between September 2010 and June 2015
| LDPs | TLDs | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatments | n | %† | n | %† | n | %† |
| At least one treatment*** | ||||||
| No | 18 | 1.1 | 74 | 6.4 | 92 | 3.3 |
| Yes | 1631 | 98.9 | 1076 | 93.6 | 2707 | 96.7 |
| Symptomatic treatment*** | 1522 | 92.3 | 962 | 83.7 | 2484 | 88.7 |
| Antacids/mucosal protection | 1396 | 84.7 | 942 | 81.9 | 2338 | 83.5 |
| H2 blockers*** | 521 | 31.6 | 69 | 6.0 | 590 | 21.1 |
| Steroids*** | 66 | 4.0 | 13 | 1.1 | 79 | 2.8 |
| Antibiotics*** | 49 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.3 | 53 | 1.9 |
| Fluids intravenous** | 37 | 2.2 | 7 | 0.6 | 44 | 1.6 |
| Other** | 44 | 2.7 | 12 | 1.0 | 56 | 2.0 |
| Antidote | 1029 | 62.4 | 587 | 51.0 | 1616 | 57.7 |
| Dimethicone/simethicone*** | 1029 | 62.4 | 587 | 51.0 | 1616 | 57.7 |
| Decontamination/absorption prevention*** | 295 | 17.9 | 103 | 9.0 | 398 | 14.2 |
| Dilute/irrigate/wash—ocular*** | 162 | 9.8 | 56 | 4.9 | 218 | 7.8 |
| Emesis/ipecac*** | 109 | 6.6 | 20 | 1.7 | 129 | 4.6 |
| Dilute/irrigate/wash—dermal | 62 | 3.8 | 37 | 3.2 | 99 | 3.5 |
| Activated charcoal | 4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Supportive care | 7 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Artificial ventilation | 6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Intubation | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.1 |
**p <0.01; ***p <0.001.
†The column percentages were calculated using the total number of patients exposed to LDPs (n=1649), TLDs (n=1150) and total (n=2799), respectively. Percentages might not add up to 100% because some patients received more than one treatment.
LDP, laundry detergent pod; TLD, traditional laundry detergent.