Drug ingestions in children 10-14 years old: an old problem revisited.
To determine changes in rates of drug ingestions in 10-14 year old children in our country, a retrospective chart review of 10-14 year olds hospitalized for drug ingestion between 1993-1995 and 2000-2004 was performed. Odds ratios and Chi-square were used for analyses. From 1993-1995 there were 92.8 ingestions/100,000 children/year; from 2000-2004 there were 63.3 ingestions/100,000 children/year. More males ingested in 2000-2004 than 1993-1995 (26.3% vs.14.2% O.R. 2.15 [1.19, 3.92]). More patients took psychiatric medications in 2000-2004 than 1993-1995 (38.9% vs. 27.0%, O.R. 1.72 [1.06, 2.80]). More patients ingested SSRIs in 2000-2004 than 1993-1995; fewer ingested tricyclics. Hospitalization rates for drug ingestions have decreased. There has been a change in drug ingested, and more males are ingesting drugs.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. wendy.pomerantz@cchmc.org
Wendy
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Pomerantz
Michael
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Gittelman
Sarah
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Farris
Lauren
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Frey
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data