title: [Therapeutic psychotropic drugs: Most common cause of unintentional poisoning in children].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this article is to determine the most common substances involved in unintentional poisoning in children attending Pediatric Emergency Departments (PED) in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study was conducted based on a prospective registry of the poisonings registered in the 57 PED participating in the Toxicology Surveillance System of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Emergencies between October 2008 and September 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 639 poisoning were registered during the study period, 459 of them (71.8%) were unintentional. The most commonly involved substances were drugs (253, 55.1%) followed by household products (137, 29.8%). The drug groups most involved were psychotropic drugs (62, 24.5%), which included benzodiazepines (54), anti-catarrhal (41, 16.2%), and antipyretics (39, 15.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common reason for consulting Spanish PEDs is the unintentional ingestion of psychotropic drugs, mainly benzodiazepines.
authors: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Barakaldo, España.
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Zubiaur
authors: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Barakaldo, España.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Salazar
authors: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Barakaldo, España.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Azkunaga
authors: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Barakaldo, España. Electronic address: santiago.mintegi@osakidetza.net.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Mintegi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
keywords: Children; Emergency; Intoxicación; Niño; No intencionada; Poisoning; Psicofármaco; Psychotropic; Unintentional; Urgencias