[Therapeutic misuses as a reason of telephone inquiries to Poison Information Centre of the Jagiellonian University Medical College in 2012].
The aim of the study was the analysis of exposure due to therapeutic mi. suse registered in Poison Information Centre in 2012. Of all 3084 telephone inquiries 87 were related to therapeutic misuse. The equal gender proportion were noted. More than 50% of calls registered were taken from a lay public. A most common therapeutic misuse was administration of medicine dose higher than recommended, to children of 1-6 y interval and younger, mostly by parents.
Ośrodek Informacji Toksykologicznej Katedra Toksykologii, i Chorób Srodowiskowych, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum w Krakowie. beata.szkolnicka@uj.edu.pl
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011039:Poison Control Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057566:Self Report / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*