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2016 Annual Report of the University of Kansas Health System Poison Control Center [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction. This is the 2016 Annual Report of the University ofKansas Health System Poison Control Center (PCC). The PCC is oneof 55 certified poison control centers in the United States and servesthe state of Kansas 24 hours a day, 365 days a year ...
Coons, Doyle M., Oller, Lisa, Thornton, Stephen L.   +2 more
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Intentional and unintentional poisoning in Pakistan: a pilot study using the Emergency Departments surveillance project. [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Acute poisoning is one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits around the world. In Pakistan, the epidemiological data on poisoning is limited due to an under developed poison information surveillance system.
Feroze, Asher, Hyder, Adnan A, Khan, Nadeem Ullah, Khan, Uzma Rahim, Naseer, Naureen, Pérez-Núñez, Ricardo, Razzak, Junaid Abdul, Shamim, Nudrat   +7 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]

, 2015
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use, Center for Substance Abuse Research, European Monitoring Centre For Drugs And Drug Addiction, Sumnall H   +3 more
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Protecting Your Family from Unintentional Poisoning

EDIS, 2012
“In 2004, more than 2.4 million exposures to human toxins were reported to poison control centers in the United States. Almost all of them occurred in homes, and 85% percent of poison exposures were unintentional. More than half of them involved children
Donna Davis
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2017 Annual Report of the University of Kansas Health System Poison Control Center [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction This is the 2017 Annual Report of the University of Kansas Health System Poison Control Center (PCC). The PCC is one of 55 certified poison control centers in the United States and serves the state of Kansas 24-hours a day, 365 days a year ...
Oller, Lisa K, Thornton, Stephen L
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French Scorpionism (Mainland and Oversea Territories): Narrative Review of Scorpion Species, Scorpion Venom, and Envenoming Management

Toxins, 2022
Sixty-seven scorpion species have been described in France and its territories, where they have been found to be heterogeneously distributed. Indeed, only one species can be found on Réunion Island, while 38 species exist in French Guiana.
Jules-Antoine Vaucel, Sébastien Larréché, Camille Paradis, Arnaud Courtois, Jean-Marc Pujo, Narcisse Elenga, Dabor Résière, Weniko Caré, Luc de Haro, Jean-Christophe Gallart, Romain Torrents, Corinne Schmitt, Johan Chevalier, Magali Labadie, Hatem Kallel, French PCC Research Group   +15 more
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Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Prevention and Control of Poisoning in Pakistan [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2019
: Introduction: Poisoning is an important public health issue globally. There are very few poison control centers in Pakistan with a very limited capacity to deal with poisoning emergencies.
Nadeemullah Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Faysal Subhani, Salima Kerai, Nukhba Zia   +4 more
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Advice for lay callers with low-risk poison exposures by a regional poison control center: the impact on health care expenditures

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Since establishing the first poison control centers (PCCs), there is a still ongoing debate regarding their relevance and financing. The present study aims to analyze whether a regional PCC can reduce the economic burden associated with ...
Franziska Thal, Thomas Reinhold
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Prevention of childhood poisoning in the home: overview of systematic reviews and a systematic review of primary studies [PDF]

, 2016
Unintentional poisoning is a significant child public health problem. This systematic overview of reviews, supplemented with a systematic review of recently published primary studies synthesizes evidence on non-legislative interventions to reduce ...
Adrian Hawkins, Baudier F., Ben Young, Bryony Kay, Denise Kendrick, Elkan R., Fergusson D.M., Garcia V.F., Gosia Majsak-Newman, Hendrickson S., Higgins J., Jacqueline Mhizha-Murira, Kendrick D., Kendrick D., Kun Zou, LeBailley S., Lyons R.A., Peden M., Persephone M. Wynn, Scherz R.G., Smith V., Steele P.S., Steele P.S., Tovell A., Towner E., Waters E., Wells G.A., Wissow L.S., Woolf A., Woolf A., Zhao C.H.   +30 more
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Impact of a poison control center on the length of hospital stay of poisoned patients: retrospective cohort

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2011
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Poison control centers play an essential role in caring for poisoned patients, albeit without secure funding for their activities.
Taís Freire Galvão, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Carolina Dalene Silva, Adriana Melo Barotto, Izabela Lucchese Gavioli, Fábio Bucaretchi, Álvaro Nagib Atallah   +6 more
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