Table 1.
Reasons for exposure
| Adult patients (>18 years) (n = 265) | Pediatric patients (≤18 years) (n = 75) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason | Number | Percent | Reason | Number | Percent |
| Intentional—pharmaceutical | 80 | 30.2 | Intentional—pharmaceutical | 27 | 36.0 |
| ETOH Abuse | 44 | 16.6 | Unintentional—pharmaceutical | 23 | 30.7 |
| Drug abuse—illicit | 28 | 10.6 | Snake | 5 | 6.7 |
| Unintentional—pharmaceutical | 25 | 9.4 | Unintentional—non-pharmaceutical | 4 | 5.3 |
| ADR | 17 | 6.4 | ADR | 3 | 4.0 |
| Withdrawal—ETOH | 16 | 6.0 | Intentional—non-pharmaceutical | 2 | 2.7 |
| Drug abuse—prescription | 15 | 5.7 | Drug abuse—illicit | 2 | 2.7 |
| Withdrawal—opioids | 13 | 4.9 | ETOH abuse | 2 | 2.7 |
| Intentional—non-pharmaceutical | 11 | 4.2 | ADE | 2 | 2.7 |
| ADE | 8 | 3.0 | Spider | 2 | 2.7 |
| Snake | 8 | 3.0 | Drug abuse—prescription | 1 | 1.3 |
| Unknown | 7 | 2.6 | Scorpion | 1 | 1.3 |
| Interpretation of lab data | 6 | 2.3 | Organ system dysfunction | 1 | 1.3 |
| Unintentional—non-pharmaceutical | 3 | 1.1 | Unknown | 1 | 1.3 |
| Organ system dysfunction | 3 | 1.1 | |||
| Scorpion | 2 | 0.8 | |||
| Drug abuse—OTC | 1 | 0.4 | |||
| Withdrawal—sedative-hypnotic | 1 | 0.4 | |||
| Spider | 1 | 0.4 | |||
| Marine/fish | 1 | 0.4 | |||
| Occupational evaluation | 1 | 0.4 | |||
Patients may have had more than one reason for exposure; thus, percentages do not add up to 100 %