@article{ref1,
title="2007 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 25th Annual Report",
journal="Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)",
year="2008",
author="Bronstein, Alvin C. and Spyker, D. A. and Cantilena, Louis R. Jr and Green, Jody L. and Rumack, B. H. and Heard, Stuart E.",
volume="46",
number="10",
pages="927-1057",
abstract="Background: This report is the 25th Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC; http://www.aapcc.org) National Poison Data System (NPDS). During 2007, 60 of the nation's 61 U.S. Poison Centers upload case data automatically. The median upload time is 14 [5.3, 55] (median [25%, 75%]) min creating a real-time national exposure database and surveillance system. Methodology: We analyzed the case data tabulating specific indices from NPDS. The methodology was similar to that of previous years. Where changes were introduced, the differences are identified. Fatalities were reviewed by a team of 29 medical and clinical toxicologists and assigned to 1 of 6 categories according to Relative Contribution to Fatality. Results: Over 4.2 million calls were captured by NPDS in 2007: 2,482,041 human exposure calls, 1,602,489 information requests, and 131,744 nonhuman exposure calls. Substances involved most frequently in all human exposures were analgesics (12.5% of all exposures). The most common exposures in children less than age 6 were cosmetics/personal care products (10.7% of pediatric exposures). Drug identification requests comprised 66.8% of all information calls. NPDS documented 1,597 human fatalities. Conclusions: Poisoning continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States NPDS represents a valuable national resource to collect and monitor U.S. poisoning exposure cases. It offers one of the few real-time surveillance systems in existence, provides useful data, and is a model for public health surveillance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-3650",
doi="10.1080/15563650802559632",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650802559632"
}