TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS A1 - Rangan, Cyrus A2 - Olson, Kent R. A2 - Anderson, Ilene B. A2 - Benowitz, Neal L. A2 - Blanc, Paul D. A2 - Clark, Richard F. A2 - Kearney, Thomas E. A2 - Kim-Katz, Susan Y. A2 - Wu, Alan H. B. PY - 2018 T2 - Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e AB - The majority of calls to poison control centers involve children younger than 5 years. Fortunately, children account for a minority of serious poisonings requiring emergency hospital treatment. Most common childhood ingestions involve nontoxic substances or nontoxic doses of potentially toxic drugs or products. Table I–43 lists important causes of serious or fatal childhood poisoning, which include iron supplements; tricyclic antidepressants; cardiovascular medications such as digitalis (Digoxin and other Cardiac Glycosides), beta receptor antagonists, or calcium antagonists; methyl salicylate (Salicylates); and hydrocarbons. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174604806 ER -