RT Book, Section
A1 Osterhoudt, Kevin C.
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146123586
T1 Stabilization and Hospitalization of the Poisoned Child
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146123586
RD 2024/04/24
AB Over  2  million  poisoning  exposures  are  reported  to  the  American  Association  of  Poison  Control  Centers’  National  Poison  Data  System  each  year.1  Nearly  half  of  all  reported  exposures  involve  children  aged  5  years  or  younger,  and  two-thirds  can  be  considered  “pediatric”  exposures.  Seventy  percent  of  poisoning  exposures  reported  to  poison  centers  are  managed  at  home,  with  less  than  10%  of  exposures  leading  to  hospitalization.  In  2004,  the  federally  commissioned  Institute  of  Medicine  determined  that  poisoning  was  the  second  leading  cause  of  injury-related  death  in  the  United  States,  with  costs  exceeding  $12.6  billion  each  year.2  Recently,  poisoning  has  surpassed  motor  vehicle  collisions  as  the  leading  cause  of  death  due  to  injury  in  the  United  States.