@article{ref1,
title="Therapeutic psychotropic drugs: most common cause of unintentional poisoning in children",
journal="Anales de Pediatria",
year="2015",
author="Zubiaur, O. and Salazar, J. and Azkunaga, B. and Mintegi, S.",
volume="83",
number="4",
pages="244-247",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The aim of this article is to determine the most common substances involved in unintentional poisoning in children attending Pediatric Emergency Departments (PED) in Spain. <br><br>METHODS: A 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. <br><br>RESULTS: A 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%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The most common reason for consulting Spanish PEDs is the unintentional ingestion of psychotropic drugs, mainly benzodiazepines.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1695-4033",
doi="10.1016/j.anpedi.2014.12.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anpedi.2014.12.017"
}