Table 9.
Agent classes involved in medical toxicology consultation.
| N (%)a | |
|---|---|
| Analgesic | 1383 (14.1) |
| Opioid | 1312 (13.4) |
| Antidepressant | 996 (10.2) |
| Sedative-hypnotic/muscle relaxant | 818 (8.4) |
| Ethanol | 705 (7.2) |
| Sympathomimetic | 633 (6.5) |
| Anticholinergic/antihistamine | 580 (5.9) |
| Cardiovascular | 525 (5.4) |
| Antipsychotic | 479 (4.9) |
| Anticonvulsant | 340 (3.5) |
| Psychoactive | 330 (3.4) |
| Envenomation and marine | 272 (2.8) |
| Diabetic medication | 147 (1.5) |
| Metals | 124 (1.3) |
| Lithium | 112 (1.1) |
| Herbal products/dietary supplements | 101 (1.0) |
| Cough and cold products | 99 (1.0) |
| Caustic | 94 (1.0) |
| Toxic alcohols | 75 (0.8) |
| Gases/irritants/vapors/dusts | 75 (0.8) |
| Plants and fungi | 67 (0.7) |
| Hydrocarbon | 64 (0.7) |
| Household products | 62 (0.6) |
| Antimicrobials | 62 (0.6) |
| Unknown agent | 55 (0.6) |
| GI | 45 (0.5) |
| Anticoagulant | 37 (0.4) |
| Chemotherapeutic and immune | 35 (0.4) |
| Insecticide | 29 (0.3) |
| Anesthetic | 28 (0.3) |
| Endocrine | 24 (0.3) |
| Other pharmaceutical product | 22 (0.2) |
| Other nonpharmaceutical product | 20 (0.2) |
| Anti-parkinsonism drugs | 9 (0.0) |
| Rodenticide | 7 (0.0) |
| Pulmonary | 7 (0.0) |
| Amphetamine-like hallucinogen | 6 (0.0) |
| Ingested foreign body | 4 (0.0) |
| Herbicide | 4 (0.0) |
| WMD/riot agent/radiological | 3 (0.0) |
| Cholinergic | 1 (0.0) |
| Chelator | 1 (0.0) |
| Total | 9792 (100) |
WMD weapons of mass destruction
aPercentages are based on total number of reported agent entries (N = 9792) in 2019; 2105 cases (29.3%) reported multiple agents