Introduction: This is the 2021 Annual Report of the Kansas Poison Control Center (KSPCC) at The University of Kansas Health System. The KSPCC serves the state of Kansas 24-hours a day, 365 days a year with certified specialists in poison information and clinical and medical toxicologists.
Methods: Encounters reported to the KSPCC from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 were analyzed.
Introduction: This is the 2020 Annual Report of the Kansas Poison Control Center (KSPCC) at The University of Kansas Health System. The KSPCC receives calls from the public, law enforcement, healthcare professionals, and public health agencies.
Methods: Encounters reported to the KSPCC from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 were analyzed for caller location, demographics, exposure substance, nature of exposure, route of exposure, interventions, medical outcome, and location of care.
Excessive adiposity is associated with altered oxygen tension and comorbidities in humans. In contrast, marine mammals have high adiposity with no apparent detrimental effects. However, partial pressure of oxygen (Po ) in their subcutaneous adipose tissue (blubber) and its relationship with fatness have not been reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This is the 2019 Annual Report of the Kansas Poison Control Center (KSPCC) at The University of Kansas Health System. The KSPCC is one of 55 certified poison control centers in the United States and serves the state of Kansas 24-hours a day, 365 days a year with certified specialists in poison information and clinical and medical toxicologists. The KSPCC receives calls from the public, law enforcement, health care professionals, and public health agencies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Toxicol (Phila)
November 2021
Purpose: Critical access hospitals (CAH) are an important source of exposures for poison control centers (PCC), yet there is a paucity of literature on how these calls differ from larger, more urban hospitals (UH). This study aimed to compare call characteristics from CAH and UH received by a regional PCC.
Methods: This retrospective chart review used the Toxicall database of the Kansas PCC.