Rachel L. Chin, MD*, Kent R. Olson, MD**, Delia Dempsey, MS, MD*** *Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. San Francisco General Hospital, SF, CA **Medical Director, San Francisco Bay Area Regional Poison Control Center, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, SF, CA ***Assistant Adjunct Professor of...

BACKGROUND The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC; http://www.aapcc.org ) maintains the National Poison Data System (NPDS). Today, 60 of the nation's 61 US poison centers upload case data automatically. Most upload every 1- 60 minutes (median 11 minutes) to NPDS creating a real-time national exposure database and surveillance system. METHODOLOGY We analyzed the case data ta...

OBJECTIVE To generate national estimates of hydrocarbon-related exposures occurring in children ≤5 years of age who were treated in US emergency departments or called a regional poison control center. METHODS This retrospective review compared hydrocarbon-related injuries that occurred from January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2009, that were reported to the National Poison Data System and t...