Tag: Poisons

THC ingestions of ≥1.7 mg/kg predicted severe and prolonged toxicity, with sensitivity of 97.3 and 75.4 percent, respectively

Recommendations include criteria for ED triage, laboratory evaluation and monitoring parameters, management of acetylcysteine treatment

Based on pooled estimate, increase was seen in poisoning after legalization

Authors call the rapid increase in deaths due to unintentional poisonings and firearm homicides a national emergency

Proposed new rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would apply to homes built before 1978 and child care facilities

87.8 percent of the exposures occurred in children under 5; most common exposure routes were inhalation or nasal, ingestion or oral

Generators and heating systems were the leading causes of these deaths in 2019, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Carbon monoxide detectors listed in the Consumer Product Safety Commission warning should be replaced immediately

Opioids accounted for 24.1 percent of substances contributing to deaths in 2005 and 52.2 percent in 2018

Canadian provinces permitting edible cannabis sales experienced much larger increases in hospitalizations for unintentional poisoning