Six Professional Journal Articles

Bond, G. Randell. "The Growing Impact of Pediatric Pharmaceutical Poisoning." The Journal of Pediatrics. The Journal of Pediatrics, 16 Sept. 2011. Web. 21 Oct. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(11)00771-2/fulltext#abstract>.

To understand which medications, under which circumstances, are responsible for the noted increase in pediatric medication poisonings, resource use, and morbidity.

Budnitz, Daniel."The Last Mile: Taking the Final Steps in Preventing Pediatric Pharmaceutical Poisonings." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc, 07 Nov. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(11)00934-6/fulltext>.

Hopefully the findings in this study can help catalyze targeted efforts to reverse the rise in injuries from pediatric pharmaceutical poisonings and push the number of pediatric deaths closer to zero.

Kearns, Gregory. "Acetaminophen Overdose with Therapeutic Intent." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc, 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(98)70476-7/fulltext>.

This journal addressed the issue of the most used medication ingested by children is also the one that is most overdosed on.

O'Brien, Craig. "Pediatric Poisoning Fatalities from 1972 through 2007." CPSC. CPSC, Aug. 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia10/os/pppa2010.pdf>.

Unintentional poisonings from drugs and other household chemical substances pose a hazard to children under five years of age. This report updates  information on unintentional pediatric poisonings with the most recently available data.

Vilke, Gary. "Pediatric Poisonings in Children Younger than Five Years Responded to by Paramedics." ScienceDirect - Home. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Sept. 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073646791000911X>.

From the Paramedic point of view, how many calls have been made and children, five years and younger, taken to hospitals because of overdoses.

Yin, Shan. "Malicious Use of Pharmaceuticals in Children." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc., 22 July 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(10)00446-4/fulltext>.

To describe malicious administration of pharmaceutical agents to children.  We performed a retrospective study of all pharmaceutical exposures involving children <7 years old reported to the US National Poison Data System from 2000 to 2008 for which the reason for exposure was coded as “malicious.”