Adult Prescription Drug Use and Pediatric Medication Exposures and Poisonings | Zendy

Lindsey Burghardt | Zendy; John W. Ayers | Zendy; John S. Brownstein | Zendy; Alvin C. Bronstein | Zendy; Michele Burns Ewald | Zendy; Florence T. Bourgeois | Zendy

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Adult Prescription Drug Use and Pediatric Medication Exposures and Poisonings

Author(s) -

Lindsey Burghardt,

John W. Ayers,

John S. Brownstein,

Alvin C. Bronstein,

Michele Burns Ewald,

Florence T. Bourgeois

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611

H-Index - 345

eISSN - 1098-4275

pISSN - 0031-4005

DOI - 10.1542/peds.2012-2978

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , emergency department , poison control , ambulatory , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , pediatrics , emergency medicine , public health , psychological intervention , psychiatry , pharmacology , nursing , pathology

Nontherapeutic medication ingestions continue to be a major pediatric health problem, with recent increases in ingestions despite a number of public health interventions. It is unknown how changes in adult prescription drug use relate to pediatric medication poisonings. The objective of the study was to measure the association between changing adult prescription drug patterns and pediatric medication exposures and poisonings and identify high-risk classes of medications and pediatric age groups.

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