Study of Caregivers Regarding Pediatric Poisoning

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 1072-1077
Author(s):  
Barbara Insley Crouch ◽  
Marty Christensen Malheiro ◽  
Kaitlyn Brown
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Study Participant ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Prospective Survey ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Poison Prevention

The overall objective was to characterize action by caregivers when a potential poison exposure occurs and identify barriers to poison control center (PCC) utilization. A prospective survey of caregivers of pediatric patients who presented to an emergency department for a potential poison exposure was completed by each study participant. A total of 371 surveys were completed between August 2016 and August 2017. The majority of patients were 3 years or younger. Caucasians were more likely to have heard of the PCC, had the toll-free number available, and had previously called compared with other races and ethnicities. Caregivers with some government insurance were more likely to think that PCCs report child poisoning calls to authorities. Education efforts of nationwide PCCs focus on awareness of the PCC as well as poison prevention strategies. Understanding barriers to utilization of PCC and populations who are more likely to underutilize the PCC can help direct education efforts.

scholarly journals Analysis of Healthcare Seeking Behavior

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrissy Dangel ◽  
Steven Allgeier ◽  
Adam Haas ◽  
Amanda Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Water Contamination ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Healthcare Seeking Behavior

This paper describes analyses of health seeking behaviors from two surveillance datastreams: Poison Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to quantify behaviors following the development of symptoms after water contamination exposure and to understand  the motivation, decision-making and timing behind healthcare seeking behaviors.

scholarly journals Using Syndromic Surveillance to Characterize Unintentional Ingestions in Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa Z. Chase ◽  
Mansi Agarwal ◽  
Maria Mercurio-Zappala ◽  
Mark Su
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Children Under 5

Unintentional Ingestions (UIs) in NYC were investigated for children under 5 years using syndromic surveillance data. Emergency Department visits for UIs have remained stable in this population from 2010 through July 2014, with foreign bodies such as coins and medications comprising the bulk of these visits. Among medications, analgesics were the most common known source of poisoning.  Our results corroborate findings from the Poison Control Center and will be used to identify all UIs in near real-time. Our results also suggest a link between accidental medicinal UIs and poverty level and living with grandparents, which we will further explore in future studies.

Household Disinfectant Exposure During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study of the Data from an Italian Poison Control Center

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Maurizio Soave ◽  
Simone Grassi ◽  
Antonio Oliva ◽  
Bruno Romanò ◽  
Enrico Di Stasio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Control Center

scholarly journals Acute toxic exposures in children: analysis of a three year registry managed by a Pediatric poison control Center in Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Marano ◽  
F. Rossi ◽  
L. Ravà ◽  
M. Khalil Ramla ◽  
M. Pisani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Pediatric Hospital ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Hospital Referral ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Acute pediatric poisoning is an emerging health and social problem. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of a large pediatric cohort exposed to xenobiotics, through the analysis of a Pediatric Poison Control Center (PPCc) registry. Methods This study, conducted in the Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù of Rome, a reference National Pediatric Hospital, collected data of children whose parents or caregivers contacted the PPCc by phone (group “P”), or who presented to the Emergency Department (group “ED”), during the three-year period 2014–2016. Data were prospectively and systematically collected in a pre-set electronic registry. Comparisons among age groups were performed and multivariable logistic regression models used to investigate associations with outcomes (hospital referral for “P”, and hospital admission for “ED”group). Results We collected data of 1611 children on group P and 1075 on group ED. Both groups were exposed to both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical agents. Pharmaceutical agent exposure increased with age and the most common route of exposure was oral. Only 10% among P group were symptomatic children, with gastrointestinal symptoms. Among the ED patients, 30% were symptomatic children mostly with gastrointestinal (55.4%) and neurologic symptoms (23.8%). Intentional exposure (abuse substance and suicide attempt), which involved 7.7% of patients, was associated with older age and Hospital admission. Conclusions Our study describes the characteristics of xenobiotics exposures in different paediatric age groups, highlighting the impact of both pharmacological and intentional exposure. Furthermore, our study shows the utility of a specific PPCc, either through Phone support or by direct access to ED. PPCc phone counselling could avoid unnecessary access to the ED, a relevant achievement, particularly in the time of a pandemic.

Acute Ethylene Chlorohydrin Poisoning: Experience of a Poison Control Center

2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 587-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jou-Fang Deng ◽  
Chen-Chang Yang ◽  
Wei-Jen Tsai ◽  
Jiin Ger ◽  
Ming-Ling Wu
Keyword(s):  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Ethylene Chlorohydrin ◽  
Control Center

PREVENTIVE IMPLICATIONS OF A STUDY OF 100 POISONINGS IN CHILDREN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-495
Author(s):  
Gordon D. Jensen ◽  
Wesley W. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Family Member ◽  
Accidental Poisoning ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Specific Advice ◽  
Usual Location ◽  
Medicine Cabinet

One hundred cases of accidental poisoning occurring in Seattle, Washington, during the summer of 1958 and referred through the Poison Control Center were studied. Although this group probably was not representative of all Seattle children in whom poisonings occurred during this period, the information gained from a study of the circumstances leading to the poisonings has important preventive implications. Eighty-two of the children were between 1 and 3 years of age. Aspirin caused 24 poisonings. In 19 of these cases it had been left out by another family member, and only three children found aspirin in the medicine cabinet. The medicine cabinet was the source of the poison in only 4 of the 100 cases. Poisonous berries and toadstools caused 14 poisonings and represent an important local hazard, particularly as most parents were not aware that the berries were harmful. Whereas only 22 of the patients had previously suffered accidents, 25 had been poisoned before, several more than once. In 32 cases there had been recent or concurrent illness in some member of the household. Three circumstances were found to occur commonly, and singly or in combination accounted for 86 of the poisonings: 1) In 26 cases some person other than the parents (siblings, other children, neighbors, relatives, friends) played an important part either by making it possible for the patient to reach the poison or by failing to put it away. 2) In 31 cases the parents did not think that the child could climb, open doors, unscrew caps, or perform other tasks necessary to get the poison. 3) In 53 cases the poison was not in its usual location, either because it was in use, because persons other than the parents had left it out, or because the parents themselves were careless. As most of these parents appeared to have some degree of safety consciousness and at least tried to provide a safe place in which to keep potential poisons, they would probably profit from specific advice based on the most common circumstances under which poisonings occur.

scholarly journals THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF POISON CONTROL CENTER IN TAIWAN

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (SupplementII) ◽  
pp. 280-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Zong HUNG ◽  
Chen-Chang YANG ◽  
Hsin-Chen ONG ◽  
Jia-Fen WU ◽  
Chih-Hsign SA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Center ◽  
Control Center
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