Articles: poison-control-centers.
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Clin Toxicol (Phila) · Jun 2019
Observational StudyButton battery exposures in Australian children: a prospective observational study highlighting the role of poisons information centres.
Button battery ingestion is a worldwide problem, with evidence of increasing harms and deaths in recent decades. Australian Poisons Information Centre (PIC) experience includes cases of treatment delay due to lack of healthcare professional recognition of risks, and/or lack of local resources. This study aims to characterise Australian button battery exposures, focusing on exposure circumstances, and preventable health system shortcomings. ⋯ Button battery exposures continue to be a problem in Australia. Data collected by PICs can provide useful information for public health and product safety initiatives. A PIC-led protocol to direct initial medical management of button battery exposures could reduce delays and improve outcomes.
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Observational Study
Flow Restrictors and Reduction of Accidental Ingestions of Over-the-Counter Medications.
Flow restrictors are child-resistant packaging innovations designed to limit the amount of liquid dispensed from a medication bottle. In 2011, flow restrictors were added to pediatric liquid single-ingredient acetaminophen formulations. The hypothesis of this study is that implementation would be associated with reduced volume and severity of pediatric acetaminophen exposures reported to the U.S. National Poison Data System. ⋯ The addition of flow restrictors to pediatric liquid acetaminophen was associated with a reduction in the number and severity of exposures. Application of flow restrictors to other liquid medications should be considered.
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Das Gesundheitswesen · May 2019
[Substance Abuse Poisoning Reported to the Poisons Information Centre Erfurt from 2002 to 2016].
Poisoning due to substance abuse has changed significantly during the last few years. Therefore, developments of substance abuse reported to the Poisons Information Centre Erfurt were investigated and compared to other circumstances of human exposures during the last 15 years. ⋯ Clinical significance of substance abuse is shown by the fact that it resulted more often in moderate and severe symptoms than suicide attempts. Data of substance abuse from PICs could supplement those on clinical toxicology in official annual drug reports.
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Pediatric emergency care · Mar 2019
Observational StudyAdolescent Intentional Abuse Ingestions: Overall 10-Year Trends and Regional Variation.
Adolescent intentional ingestions remain a significant public health problem in the United States with little research to date on the over-the-counter or prescription medicines that adolescents abuse. These data are important for anticipatory guidance by primary care providers, preventive health, and poison center outreach. ⋯ Over a recent 10-year period, common cough preparations remain the most commonly reported intentional abuse ingestion among all years and regions for adolescents.