Emergency visits for childhood poisoning: a 2-year prospective multicenter survey in Spain.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics of childhood poisoning leading to consultation to 17 pediatric emergency departments in Spain.

Methods: During a 2-year period (January 2001 to December 2002), accompanying people of 2157 children with acute intoxication who visited consecutively at the emergency room were prospectively surveyed.

Results: Childhood poisoning accounted for 0.