Fatalities in children associated with cough and cold medication often due to non-therapeutic intent
1. Most fatalities in children associated with cough and cold medication (CCM) ingestions were the result of medication administration by ...
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Study outlines trends in pediatric toxic ingestions during the COVID-19 pandemic
1. In this national study of poison control center reports, there was an absolute decrease in reported pediatric ingestions during ...
Children with mothers prescribed opioids more likely to overdose
1. Children aged ≤10 years who had overdosed on opioids were more than 2 times more likely to have a mother ...
Laundry detergent pods a poisoning risk to young children
1. Since the release of laundry detergent pods to the U.S. market in March 2012, there have been 17 230 ...
Buprenorphine most responsible for pediatric hospitalizations due to unsupervised ingestion
1. Of the over 9,000 annual hospitalizations of children under the age of 6 for unsupervised medication ingestions, opioids and ...
Cough medicine-related ED visits linked to unsupervised ingestion
Image: PD 1. The proportion of emergency department (ED) visits due to adverse drug effects (ADEs) in young children from ...