期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2018
卷号：25
期号：1
页码：1-3
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1228397
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction and objective. Drinking alcohol by adolescents and children poses a risk of long-term psychological andsociological consequences, often leading to addiction in adulthood. A steady increase in the number of young peoplereaching for alcohol is worrying. The study analyzes the age and gender of the children, concentration of alcohol in theblood, depending on the origin of the youth (urban or rural).Material and method. The study was a retrospective analysis of 402 patients hospitalized due to alcohol intoxication inthe Department of Paediatrics at Medical University in Lublin, Poland between 2004 – 2013.Results. During the study period a continuous increase in admissions of patients after alcohol consumption was observed:from 27 children in 2004 to 53 in 2012 and 2013. The youngest patient hospitalized after drinking was 7.6 years old and camefrom the rural environment, the oldest 18 years old and came from the urban environment. In 2004 – 2007, boys dominatedamong children intoxicated with alcohol; since 2008, a slight prevalence of girls has been observed, especially in the urbanenvironment. Among patients coming from the country, boys always predominated. In the study period there was noteda similar number of children consuming alcohol from rural and urban environments.Conclusions. The results suggest the need to introduce appropriate educational programmes in schools to prevent theconsumption of alcohol at a young age.
关键词：children; adolescents; alcohol intoxication; village; town
