Poison control
Effects of a Videotape to Increase Use of Poison Control Centers by Low-Income and Spanish-Speaking Families: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
... the control group ...the Poison Control Center” at post- test compared with the control ...potential poison- ing situations (household plant and over-the-counter cough ...
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Pediatric ADHD Medication Exposures Reported to US Poison Control Centers
... National Poison Data System (NPDS) for the years 2000 through ...of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) maintains the NPDS, which is used to catalog calls in near–real time from regional PCCs serving the ...
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Buprenorphine Exposures Among Children and Adolescents Reported to US Poison Control Centers
... exposed to buprenorphine reported to US poison control centers. Most exposures were among children <6 years old (86.1%), unintentional (89.2%), and to a single substance (97.3%). For single-substance ...
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Inhalant Abuse: Monitoring Trends by Using Poison Control Data, 1993–2008
... RESULTS: The prevalence of inhalant cases reported to US poison control centers decreased 33% from 1993 to 2008. Prevalence was highest among children aged 12 to 17 years and peaked in 14-year-olds. In ...
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Outcomes following clonidine ingestions in children: an analysis of poison control center data
... While we included all known reported clonidine inges- tions during the study time period, data were limited to cases called in to poison control. If individuals or pro- viders chose not to call, these data ...
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The Potential Impact of Poison Control Centers on Rural Hospitalization Rates for Poisoning
... of Poison Control Cen- ters (AAPCC) suspended its penetrance requirement for certified PCCs, which previously required PCC utiliza- tion at a level of ⱖ 7 human poison exposures per 1000 population ...
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US Poison Control Center Calls for Infants 6 Months of Age and Younger
... The NPDS is a near real-time database containing electronic records from all US PCCs. Data were obtained on all human exposures involving patients 0 days to 6 months of age during the period of January 1, 2004, through ...
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Analysis of Acute Renal Failure in Poison Control and Toxicology Training Centre
... This is to certify that this dissertation entitled “ANALYSIS OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE IN POISON CONTROL AND TOXICOLOGY TRAINING CENTRE” submitted by Dr. R. SAKTHIRAJAN, appearing for Part II M.D. Branch I ...
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US Poison Control Center Calls for Infants 6 Months of Age and Younger
... The NPDS is a near real-time database containing electronic records from all US PCCs. Data were obtained on all human exposures involving patients 0 days to 6 months of age during the period of January 1, 2004, through ...
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Biology of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus (L )) in Central Otago, New Zealand, with emphasis on behaviour and its relevance to poison control operations
... BIOLOGY OF THE RABBIT ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS L.» IN CENTRAL OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND, WITH EMPHASIS ON BEHAVIOUR AND ITS RELEVANCE TO POISON CONTROL OPERATIONS.. A thesis submitted in fulfilmen[r] ...
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Comparison of Pediatric Poisoning Hazards: An Analysis of 3.8 Million Exposure Incidents A Report from the American Association of Poison Control Centers
... The pediatric exposure subset of the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) National Data Collection System was analyzed for the 5-year period of 1985 through 1989.. Duri[r] ...
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SURVEY OF POISON CONTROL CENTERS
... 19% serve a county. Fourteen per cent of the centers provide service for adjoining states in addition to the states in which they are located; usually these adjoining states have no pois[r] ...
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Child-Resistant Locks in Poison Control
... It became obvious after the first few trials that the inadequacy of the hand span of children up to 5 years of age as it applied to the containers being tested in this study would probab[r] ...
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"SUICIDE" AS SEEN IN POISON CONTROL CENTERS
... The estimate of about 115,000 self-poisonings annually in the United States, ages 6 to 18, defines a mental health problem of the first magnitude, but open to epidemiologic analysis by r[r] ...
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Poison Treatment in the Home
... The prevention of all potentially dangerous expo- sures to harmful substances can never be achieved; therefore, early and effective treatment after the event is a priority. In young children, the routes of exposure ...
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Assessment of nutritional status in the maintenance of haemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study from Palestine
... Poison Control and Drug Information Center (PCDIC), College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus 44839, Palestine 5 Department of Clinical and Community [r] ...
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Ascendency of the Black Bottle (Activated Charcoal)
... The regional poison control center contacted for advice recommended activated char- coal as the preferred treatment rather than induc- tion of emesis with syrup of ipecac or gastric lava[r] ...
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Severity scores and their associated factors among orally poisoned toddlers: a cross sectional single poison center study
... international poison management guide- ...nearby poison center. The launching of a unified hot- line poison control number in Saudi Arabia is essential and it’ s placement at homes will ...
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Cases of Adverse Drug Events in pediatrics: Prospective Study at a Hospital in Rabat (Morocco)
... the Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance center of Rabat (CAPM) using the French method revealed that: The time of onset of the adverse reaction is compatible, the evolution of the adverse events is ...
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In Defense of Retaining Ipecac Syrup as an Over-the-Counter Drug
... Litovitz TL, Martin TG, Schmitz B: 1986 Annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers National Data Collection System. Anon: National poison prevention week: 25th a[r] ...
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