[Poison-related hospitalizations of children aged 0-14 at a teaching hospital in Southern Brazil, 2006-2011].

Objective: to describe the profile of poisoning leading to children's hospitalizations, as registered at the Maringá Regional University Hospital Poisoning Control Center in the period 2006 to 2011.

Methods: this was a descriptive epidemiological study using secondary data from Intoxication Incident Report Forms, involving poisoned children aged between 0 and 14 years, hospitalized for at least 12 hours.

Results: 694 hospitalizations due to poisoning were registered, with medication poisoning accounting for 42.