Hospitalised poisonings in Australian children: a 10-year retrospective study.

Abrar Arbaeen Firouzeh Noghrehchi Nial J Wheate Rose Cairns

Published in: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2023)

Approximately 10 children were admitted to hospital with poisoning every day in Australia. Most poisonings were due to pharmaceuticals, particularly simple analgesics that are found in most Australian homes. Severe outcomes (intensive care unit admissions and deaths) were rare.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
young adults
emergency department
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
adverse drug
acute respiratory distress syndrome
acute care
drug induced
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
electronic health record
weight loss