Table 1 Distribution of age, type of agent and hospitalization according to ER access color code
From: Childhood acute poisoning in the Italian North-West area: a six-year retrospective study
Color code | Number (%) | Age [median, (IQR)] | Type of agent [n, (%)] | Hospitalization [n, (%)] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharmaceuticals | Nonpharmaceuticals | ||||
White | 10 (1%) | 2.0 (4.2) | 4 (40) | 6 (60) | 1 (10) |
Green | 88 (8.5%) | 2.7 (3.5) | 31 (35.2) | 57 (64.8) | 7 (7.9) |
Yellow | 920 (89.3%) | 2.2 (2.1) | 380 (41.3) | 540 (58.7) | 76 (8.3) |
Red | 12 (1.2%) | 4.3 (11.5) | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 12 (100) |