A practical approach to the intoxicated child

Suspected intoxication causes a range of clinical challenges in the Children's Emergency Department. The majority of ingestions, especially in younger children are unintentional, occurring mainly in the home environment. Adolescence alcohol intoxication is often part of risk-taking behaviour and experimentation; however, clinicians need to be wary of deliberate co-ingestion of other poisons with alcohol in acute mental health crisis. Anatomical and physiological differences in ages effect the way drugs are absorbed and eliminated in the body, effecting clinical features.
Source: Paediatrics and Child Health - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Symposium: Accidents and poisoning Source Type: research