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An epidemiological snapshot of toxicological exposure in children 12 years of age and younger in Riyadh.
Ann Saudi Med
January 2020
From the Department of Pediatrics, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background: Poisoning among the pediatric population is an important public health concern that is responsible for frequent pediatric emergency department visits and hospital admissions. Surveillance of poisoning cases is essential for designing and implementing effective preventive strategies.
Objective: Describe the characteristics of acute poison exposure and related therapeutic interventions in children aged 12 years and younger.
International Variability in Gastrointestinal Decontamination With Acute Poisonings.
Pediatrics
August 2017
Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Davis School of Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, California.
Background And Objectives: Identifying international differences in the management of acute pediatric poisonings may help improve the quality of care. The objective of this study was to assess the international variation and appropriateness of gastrointestinal decontamination (GID) procedures performed in children and adolescents who present with acute poisonings to emergency departments.
Methods: This was an international, multicenter, cross-sectional prospective study including children <18 years with poisoning exposures presenting to 105 emergency departments in 20 countries from 8 global regions belonging to the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks.
Prevention of unintentional childhood injury.
Am Fam Physician
April 2013
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
Unintentional injury accounts for 40 percent of childhood deaths annually, most commonly from motor vehicle crashes. The proper use of child restraints is the most effective strategy to prevent injury or death. Motor vehicle restraint guidelines have recently been revised to an age-based system that delays the progression in type of restraint for most children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe outcome of North American pediatric unintentional mushroom ingestions with various decontamination treatments: an analysis of 14 years of TESS data.
Toxicon
March 2009
Carolinas Poison Center, Carolinas Medical Center, P.O. Box 32861, Charlotte, NC, USA.
The optimum empiric decontamination therapy for unintentional pediatric mushroom ingestion is not known. We sought to determine case outcomes for unintentional mushroom ingestions in children by decontamination therapies utilized. The 1992-2005 American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System was queried for cases of unintentional acute mushroom ingestions in children age <6 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring 2006, the Japan Poison Information Center received 2583 inquiries about ingestion of cigarette, which is the most frequent household products ingested by children in Japan. During 2001-2006, two hundred and seventy-six children under seven years of age ingesting cigarettes and its related substances presented to the emergency department in Japan Red Cross Hospital Wakayama Center. The peak age was one year and younger, so-called "ingestion age".
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