TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Therapeutic psychotropic drugs: most common cause of unintentional poisoning in children
JO  - Anales de Pediatria
A1  - Zubiaur, O.
A1  - Salazar, J.
A1  - Azkunaga, B.
A1  - Mintegi, S.
SP  - 244
EP  - 247
VL  - 83
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - es
SN  - 1695-4033
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anpedi.2014.12.017
ID  - ref1
ER  -