Characteristics of Fatal Poisonings Among Infants and Young Children in the United States

Fatal poisoning is a preventable cause of death among young children. Understanding factors surrounding these deaths will inform future prevention efforts. Our objective was to describe the characteristics of fatal pediatric poisonings using child death review data. We acquired data from 40 states p...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2023-04, Vol.151 (4), p.1
Main Authors: Gaw, Christopher E, Curry, Allison E, Osterhoudt, Kevin C, Wood, Joanne N, Corwin, Daniel J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesics, Opioid
Case reports
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Death
Fatalities
Humans
Infant
Infants
Narcotics
Opioids
Pain perception
Pediatrics
Poisoning
Poisoning - epidemiology
Reviews
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Fatal poisoning is a preventable cause of death among young children. Understanding factors surrounding these deaths will inform future prevention efforts. Our objective was to describe the characteristics of fatal pediatric poisonings using child death review data. We acquired data from 40 states participating in the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System on deaths attributed to poisonings among children aged ≤5 years from 2005 to 2018. We analyzed select demographic, supervisor, death investigation, and substance-related variables using descriptive statistics. During the study period, 731 poisoning-related fatalities were reported by child death reviews to the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System. Over two-fifths (42.1%, 308 of 731) occurred among infants aged
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2022-059016