2004 Annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine 2005-09, Vol.23 (5), p.589-666
• Main Authors: Watson, William A., Litovitz, Toby L., Rodgers, George C., Klein-Schwartz, Wendy, Reid, Nicole, Youniss, Jessica, Flanagan, Anne, Wruk, Kathleen M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Accidents, Home - statistics & numerical data; Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Annual reports; Association; Blood pressure; Causality; Child; Child, Preschool; Decontamination - statistics & numerical data; Emergency medical care; Exposure; Fatalities; Female; Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology; Heart rate; Hotlines - statistics & numerical data; Human exposure; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Ingestion; Inhalation; Kinases; LSD; Lysergic acid diethylamide; Male; Medical imaging; Medication Errors - statistics & numerical data; Methamphetamine; Middle Aged; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Pediatrics; Poison Control Centers - organization & administration; Poison Control Centers - statistics & numerical data; Poisoning; Poisoning - blood; Poisoning - epidemiology; Poisoning - therapy; Population Surveillance; Sex Distribution; Survival Analysis; Temperature; United States - epidemiology
• ISSN: 0735-6757; 1532-8171
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.05.001

Table 21 - Summary of fatal exposures reported to TESS in 2004 The term "long-acting" is used throughout for all sustained-release, extended-release, delayed-release, or long-acting formulations. p Indicates prehospital (cardiac and/or respiratory) arrest; i, reported to poison center indirectly (by coroner, medical examiner, or from other source) after the fatality occurred; m, reported by medical examiner to poison center; C, chronic exposure; A, acute exposure; A/C, acute on chronic; derm, dermal; U, unknown; Ocu, ocular; Inh, inhalation; Ing, ingestion; Adv rxn, adverse reaction; Env, environmental; Int, intentional; Occ, occupational; Paren, parenteral; Ther err, therapeutic error; Unint gen, unintentional general. Table 22A - Demographic profile of exposure cases by generic category of substances and products: nonpharmaceuticals Table 22B - Demographic profile of exposure cases by generic category of substances and products: pharmaceuticals MAO indicates monoamine oxidase; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; OTC, over-the-counter; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; GHB, γ-hydroxybutyrate; LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide. 1 Introduction Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (TESS) data are compiled by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) on behalf of the US poison centers.