• An Pediatr (Barc) · Oct 2015

    [Therapeutic psychotropic drugs: Most common cause of unintentional poisoning in children].

    • O Zubiaur, J Salazar, B Azkunaga, S Mintegi, and Poison Working Group, Emergency Pediatric Services of Spain (SEUP).
    • Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Barakaldo, España.
    • An Pediatr (Barc). 2015 Oct 1; 83 (4): 244-7.

    IntroductionThe aim of this article is to determine the most common substances involved in unintentional poisoning in children attending Pediatric Emergency Departments (PED) in Spain.MethodsA descriptive study was conducted based on a prospective registry of the poisonings registered in the 57 PED participating in the Toxicology Surveillance System of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Emergencies between October 2008 and September 2013.ResultsA total of 639 poisoning were registered during the study period, 459 of them (71.8%) were unintentional. The most commonly involved substances were drugs (253, 55.1%) followed by household products (137, 29.8%). The drug groups most involved were psychotropic drugs (62, 24.5%), which included benzodiazepines (54), anti-catarrhal (41, 16.2%), and antipyretics (39, 15.4%).ConclusionsThe most common reason for consulting Spanish PEDs is the unintentional ingestion of psychotropic drugs, mainly benzodiazepines.Copyright © 2014 Asociación Española de Pediatría. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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