scholarly journals Burn injuries related to E-cigarettes reported to poison control centers in the United States, 2010–2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoguang Wang ◽  
Sherry T. Liu ◽  
Brian Rostron ◽  
Camille Hayslett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Centers

scholarly journals Burn Injuries Related to E-Cigarettes Reported to Poison Control Centers in the United States, 2010-2019

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAOGUANG WANG ◽  
Sherry T. Liu ◽  
Brian Rostron ◽  
Camille Hayslett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Centers ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Background: United States (U.S.) national data indicate that 2,035 individuals with burn injuries from e-cigarette explosions presented to U.S. hospital emergency departments (EDs) in 2015-2017. This national estimate is valuable for understanding the burden of burn injuries from e-cigarette explosions among individuals who presented to EDs. However, little is known about individuals who experienced e-cigarette-related burns but may not present to EDs or health care facilities.Findings: We analyzed data from the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to describe frequency and characteristics of e-cigarette-related burn cases in the U.S. in 2010-2019. NPDS contains information collected during telephone calls to poison control centers (PCCs) across the U.S., including e-cigarette-related burns and other unintended events. During 2010-2019, 19,306 exposure cases involving e-cigarettes were documented in NPDS. Of those, 69 were burn cases. The number of burn cases increased from one in 2011 to a peak of 26 in 2016, then decreased to three in 2019. The majority of the burn cases occurred among young adults aged 18-24 years (29.0%; n=20) and adults aged 25 years or older (43.5%; n=30); 14.4% occurred among individuals ≤ 17 years old. Of the 69 burn cases, 5.8% (n=4) were admitted to a hospital; 65.2% (n=45) were treated and released; 15.9 % (n=11) were not referred to a health care facility (HCF); 4.4% (n=3) refused referral or did not arrive at an HCF; and 8.7% (n=6) were lost to follow-up or left the HCF against medical advice. Nearly one-third (30.4%; n=21) of the cases had a minor effect (symptoms resolved quickly), 47.8% (n=33) had a moderate effect (symptoms were more pronounced and prolonged than in minor cases, but not life-threatening), and 2.9% (n=2) had a major effect (life-threatening symptoms).Conclusions: Approximately one-fifth of e-cigarette-related burn cases reported to PCCs were not referred to or did not arrive at an HCF. Some burn cases had serious medical outcomes. The burn cases mostly affected young adults and adults aged 25 years or older. The number of burn cases in NPDS represents a small portion of e-cigarette-related burn cases but it can serve as a complementary data source to traditional injury surveillance systems.

scholarly journals Burn Injuries Related to E-Cigarettes Reported to Poison Control Centers in the United States, 2010-2019

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAOGUANG WANG ◽  
Sherry T. Liu ◽  
Brian Rostron ◽  
Camille Hayslett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Centers ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Background United States (U.S.) national data indicate that 2,035 individuals with burn injuries from e-cigarette explosion presented to U.S. hospital emergency departments (EDs) in 2015-2017. This national estimate is valuable for understanding the burden of burn injuries from e-cigarette explosion among individuals who presented to EDs. However, little is known about individuals who experienced e-cigarette-related burns but may not present to EDs or health care facilities. Findings We analyzed data from the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to describe the frequency and characteristics of e-cigarette-related burn cases in the U.S. in 2010-2019. NPDS contains information collected during telephone calls to poison control centers (PCCs) across the U.S., including e-cigarette-related burns and other unintended events. During 2010-2019, 19,306 exposure cases involving e-cigarettes were documented in NPDS. Of those, 69 were burn cases. The number of burn cases increased from one in 2011 to a peak of 26 in 2016, then decreased to three in 2019. The majority of the burn cases occurred among young adults aged 18-24 years (29.0%; n=20) and adults aged 25 years or older (43.5%; n=30). Of the 69 burn cases, 5.8% (n=4) were admitted to a hospital; 65.2% (n=45) were treated, evaluated, and released; 15.9% (n=11) were not referred to a health care facility (HCF); 4.4% (n=3) refused referral or did not arrive at an HCF; and 8.7% (n=6) were lost to follow-up or left against medical advice. Nearly one-third (30.4%; n=21) of the cases had a minor effect (i.e., symptoms were self-limited), 47.8% (n=33) had a moderate effect (symptoms were more pronounced and prolonged than in minor cases, but not life-threatening), and 2.9% (n=2) had a major effect (symptoms were life-threatening). Conclusions Approximately one-fifth of e-cigarette-related burn cases reported to PCCs were not referred to or did not arrive at an HCF. Some burn cases had serious medical outcomes. The burn cases mostly affected young adults and adults aged 25 years or older. The number of burn cases observed in this study represents a small portion of e-cigarette-related burn cases but can serve as a complementary data source to traditional injury surveillance systems.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-690
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
American Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Morning Session ◽  
Accidental Poisoning ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Centers

The second annual meeting of The American Association of Poison Control Centers will be held on October 6, 1959 at The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois. An all-day meeting is scheduled: The morning session will be devoted to business activities; during the afternoon, papers on research, clinical and public health aspects of poisoning will be presented and discussed. The Association was organized in October 1958 to promote the exchange of information among its members on various aspects of acute accidental poisoning. It also expects (1) to promote amid encourage investigation into methods for treating such cases of poisoning and (2) to develop educational programs for their prevention. Its members are, for the most part, connected is some capacity with poison control and information centers in the United States and Canada.

Current Pediatric Therapy

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 628-628
Author(s):  
C. A. S.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Case Note ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Centers ◽  
Supersonic Transport ◽  
Selection Of

One person cannot review a book of nearly 700 text pages written by almost 250 authors. He can scarcely hope even to describe it. But he can, in this case, note that if such a book can be written, the editors have chosen a group of contributors who should be able to write it with authority. Drs. Gellis and Kagan have been broad in their selection of subjects to be considered, including not only everything to be expected but also some welcome surprises like the list of Poison Control Centers in the United States and Canada, and some frightening ones like the suggestions for supersonic transport travel.

Toxic Chemicals AND OTHeR HAZARDS in the Home

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Landrigan ◽  
Mary M. Landrigan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Prescription Drugs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Toxic Chemicals ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Centers ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

Each year, poison-control centers across the country receive thousands of calls from frantic parents whose children have accidentally ingested toxic chemicals, prescription drugs, and even toxic houseplants. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day 300 children across the United States are...

"SUICIDE" AS SEEN IN POISON CONTROL CENTERS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 914-922
Author(s):  
Matilda S. McIntire ◽  
Carol R. Angle
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Abrupt Increase ◽  
Poison Control Centers ◽  
History Of

Of 1,103 cases of poisoning, ages 6 to 18, admitted to 50 poison control centers during 1 year, 13% were considered unintentional, 13% "trips," 26% suicide attempts, and 48% suicide gestures or affect reactions. The youngest age group, 6 to 10, is 63% male, 40% Negro, and about one-half give a history of precipitating stress or current or prior referral for behavior problems. The abrupt increase in self-poisoning in girls at age 12 peaks at age 16, while male paisonings continue to increase with age. An admittedly immature concept of death was retained by 16% of the 17 to 18-year-olds. In the five deaths (mortality 1: 220 hospitalized self-poisonings), lethality of intent was presumed low with death the result of a toxicologic mishap. 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 relatively simple techniques.

Symptoms of Overdosage of Amoxapine

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 260-286
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Status Epilepticus ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Toxic Effect ◽  
Tricyclic Antidepressants ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Poison Control Centers

Amoxapine is a popular antidepressant that has been marketed in the United States since 1980. It is a tricyclic dibenzoxapine that is reported to have a rapid antidepressant effect and limited toxicity as compared with other tricyclic antidepressants. In a review of the outcome of 479 cyclic antidepressant overdoses that were reported to two poison control centers during an 18-month period, the mortality rate associated with overdoses was 23 times greater than the mortality associated with overdoses of the other cyclic antidepressants (15.2% v 0.77%). Persistent and poorly controllable seizures, which occurred eight times more frequently than with other antidepressants, were the most profound toxic effect (36.4%). Hyperthermia was reported in several cases (9.1%) due to status epilepticus.

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