Children in the United States make Close to 200,000 emergency department visits due to poisoning each year

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 453-457

  Nalliah, Romesh P ^a   Anderson, Ingrid M ^b   Lee, Min Kyeong ^a   Rampa, Sankeerth ^c   Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^d   Allareddy, Veerajalandhar ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency care; health economics; poisonings

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CAUSTIC AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; FERTILIZER; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SOLVENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GAS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISONOUS PLANT; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; VARNISH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POISONING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904048680     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000160     Document Type: Article

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