BackgroundFollowing reports of increasing emergency department (ED) visits for unsupervised pediatric medication exposures in the 2000s, renewed efforts to improve safety packaging and education were initiated. National data on current trends and implicated medications can help further target interventions.MethodsWe used nationally-representative data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System\u2013Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance project (2004\u20132013) to assess trends in ED visits for unsupervised medication exposures in children aged 1 medication. Over 260 different prescription solids were implicated; opioids (13.8%) and benzodiazepines (12.7%) were the most commonly implicated classes. Four medications were im...
Background: opioid overdose and abuse have reaches epidemic rates in the United States. Legitimate p...
Objective: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are known as a cause of hospital admission. We have carried...
To determine the incidence of adverse drug events (ADE) that resulted in the need for children's eme...
BackgroundEmergency department visits and subsequent hospitalizations of young children following un...
Introduction:Unintentional medication ingestions by young children lead to nearly 60,000 emergency d...
Background—Prescription medication abuse is an increasingly recognized problem in the United States....
Background: While there is significant research exploring adults’ use of opioids, there has been min...
Background: To describe frequency, preventability and seriousness of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) i...
To determine the incidence of adverse drug events (ADE) that resulted in the need for children’s eme...
INTRODUCTIONA Canadian study assessing the incidence of medication errors in a pediatric emergency d...
Objective In recent years, there has been increased emphasis on treating pain in emergency departmen...
Objectives: The study objectives were to (1) determine the types and frequency of off-label (OL) or ...
Fifth Place winner of oral presentations at the 6th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Schola...
OBJECTIVE:To describe temporal trends and factors associated with opioid administration among childr...
Background:Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed medications for children; however, at ...
Background: opioid overdose and abuse have reaches epidemic rates in the United States. Legitimate p...
Objective: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are known as a cause of hospital admission. We have carried...
To determine the incidence of adverse drug events (ADE) that resulted in the need for children's eme...
BackgroundEmergency department visits and subsequent hospitalizations of young children following un...
Introduction:Unintentional medication ingestions by young children lead to nearly 60,000 emergency d...
Background—Prescription medication abuse is an increasingly recognized problem in the United States....
Background: While there is significant research exploring adults’ use of opioids, there has been min...
Background: To describe frequency, preventability and seriousness of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) i...
To determine the incidence of adverse drug events (ADE) that resulted in the need for children’s eme...
INTRODUCTIONA Canadian study assessing the incidence of medication errors in a pediatric emergency d...
Objective In recent years, there has been increased emphasis on treating pain in emergency departmen...
Objectives: The study objectives were to (1) determine the types and frequency of off-label (OL) or ...
Fifth Place winner of oral presentations at the 6th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Schola...
OBJECTIVE:To describe temporal trends and factors associated with opioid administration among childr...
Background:Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed medications for children; however, at ...
Background: opioid overdose and abuse have reaches epidemic rates in the United States. Legitimate p...
Objective: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are known as a cause of hospital admission. We have carried...
To determine the incidence of adverse drug events (ADE) that resulted in the need for children's eme...