| Title: | Fatal acute poisonings in Australian children (2003-13) |
| Author(s): | Pilgrim JL; Jenkins EL; Baber Y; Caldicott D; Drummer OH; |
| Address: | "Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Australia. Deaths from Emergencies and Accidents Data Set (DEADSet) Project, Australia. Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Victoria, Australia. Calvary Health Care, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, Australia" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1360-0443 (Electronic) 0965-2140 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Fatal poisonings in children comprise a small proportion of cases investigated by an Australian coroner; however, they present a major opportunity for death prevention. This study aimed to examine fatal child poisonings in Australia to (1) estimate the rate of acute poisoning deaths in children; (2) describe the key characteristics of the cohort; and (3) describe the outcomes of coronial recommendations made as a death prevention measure. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. SETTING: The National Coronial Information System (NCIS), a database of cases reported to an Australian coroner. PARTICIPANTS: Ninety poisoning deaths reported to an Australian coroner between January 2003 and December 2013 involving children ( |
| Keywords: | "Acute Disease Adolescent Analgesics, Opioid/*poisoning Australia/epidemiology Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/epidemiology/mortality Cause of Death Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Databases, Factual Female Homicide/*statistics & numerical data Humans Infa;" |
| Notes: | "MedlinePilgrim, Jennifer L Jenkins, Elizabeth L Baber, Yeliena Caldicott, David Drummer, Olaf H eng England 2016/10/22 Addiction. 2017 Apr; 112(4):627-639. doi: 10.1111/add.13669. Epub 2016 Dec 7" |
