Pepper spray injury severity: Ten-year case experience of a poison control system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-386

  Kearney, Thomas ^a,b   Hiatt, Patricia ^a,b   Birdsall, Elisabeth ^a   Smollin, Craig ^a,c  

^a California Poison Control System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Eye injury; Pepper spray; Respiratory injury; Tear gas

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; IRRITANT AGENT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; EYE INJURIES; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISON CENTER; POLICE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CAPSAICIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902961867     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2014.891063     Document Type: Article

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