TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Transdermal Patch Medication Delivery Systems and Pediatric Poisonings, 2002-2006
JO  - Clinical pediatrics
A1  - Parekh, Dina
A1  - Miller, Michelle A.
A1  - Borys, Douglas J.
A1  - Patel, Paresh R.
A1  - Levsky, Marc E.
SP  - 659
EP  - 663
VL  - 47
IS  - 7
N2  - Transdermal drug delivery systems are an increasingly popular method of medication delivery containing large quantities of medication and presenting new opportunities for toxicity. To provide a description of exposures to transdermal medications in a pediatric population, we studied exposures in individuals less than 12 years of age. This is a retrospective database study in which the Texas Poison Center Network database from 2002 to 2006 was reviewed. In all, 336 poison control center records of patch exposures over the 5-year period were identified. Of those, 110 cases involved children less than 12 years old. A majority of cases resulted in no significant clinical effects. One death resulted from opioid toxicity. Although a majority of patch exposures in children less than 12 years of age resulted in no significant clinical toxicity, practitioners and the public must be made aware of the available patch-based medications and their potential for toxicity in children.  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-9228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922808315211
ID  - ref1
ER  -