Apparent life-threatening events and over-the-counter cough and cold medications

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lavonas, Eric J ^a,b   Yin, Shan ^a,c,d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMMON COLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 59449107937     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2920     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Pitetti RD, Whitman E, Zaylor A. Accidental and nonaccidental poisonings as a cause of apparent life-threatening events in children. Pediatrics. 2008;122(2). Available at: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/122/2/e359
2. Vernacchio L, Kelly JP, Kaurman DW, Mitchell AA. Cough and cold medication use by US children, 1999-2006: results from the Slone survey. Pediatrics. 2008;122(2). Available at:www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/ full/122/2/e323