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      2019 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 37th Annual Report

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          <p class="first" id="d12061782e172">Introduction: This is the 37th Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' (AAPCC) National Poison Data System (NPDS). As of 1 January, 2019, all 55 of the nation's poison centers (PCs) uploaded case data automatically to NPDS. The upload interval was 6.52 [6.12, 8.68] (median [25%, 75%]) minutes, creating a near real-time national exposure and information database and surveillance system.Methods: We analyzed the case data tabulating specific indices from NPDS. The methodology was similar to that of previous years. Where changes were introduced, the differences are identified. Cases with medical outcomes of death were evaluated by a team of medical and clinical toxicologist reviewers using an ordinal scale of 1-6 to assess the Relative Contribution to Fatality (RCF) of the exposure.Results: In 2019, 2,573,180 closed encounters were logged by NPDS: 2,148,141 human exposures, 68,711 animal exposures, 351,163 information requests, 5,078 human confirmed nonexposures. Total encounters showed a 1.70% increase from 2018, while health care facility (HCF) human exposure cases remained nearly steady with a slight decrease of 0.495%. All information requests decreased by 4.58%, medication identification (Drug ID) requests decreased by 29.7%, and human exposure cases increased by 2.30%. Human exposures with less serious outcomes have decreased 2.08% per year since 2008, while those with more serious outcomes (moderate, major or death) have increased 4.61% per year since 2000.Consistent with the previous year, the top 5 substance classes most frequently involved in all human exposures were analgesics (11.0%), household cleaning substances (7.13%), cosmetics/personal care products (6.16%), antidepressants (5.32%), and sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics (5.21%). As a class, antidepressant exposures increased most rapidly, by 1,957 cases/year (3.90%/year) over the past 10 years for cases with more serious outcomes.The top 5 most common exposures in children age 5 years or less were cosmetics/personal care products (11.4%), household cleaning substances (10.5%), analgesics (8.97%), foreign bodies/toys/miscellaneous (7.17%), and dietary supplements/herbals/homeopathic (5.06%). Drug identification requests comprised 13.4% of all information contacts. NPDS documented 2,619 human exposures resulting in death; 2,048 (78.2%) of these were judged as related (RCF of 1-Undoubtedly responsible, 2-Probably responsible, or 3-Contributory).Conclusions: These data support the continued value of PC expertise and need for specialized medical toxicology information to manage more serious exposures. Unintentional and intentional exposures continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. The near real-time status of NPDS represents a national public health resource to collect and monitor US exposure cases and information contacts. The continuing mission of NPDS is to provide a nationwide infrastructure for surveillance for all types of exposures (e.g., foreign body, infectious, venomous, chemical agent, or commercial product), and the identification and tracking of significant public health events. NPDS is a model system for the near real-time surveillance of national and global public health. </p>

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          Journal
          Clinical Toxicology
          Clinical Toxicology
          Informa UK Limited
          1556-3650
          1556-9519
          December 01 2020
          December 11 2020
          December 01 2020
          : 58
          : 12
          : 1360-1541
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Wisconsin Poison Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA;
          [2 ] Indiana Poison Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA;
          [3 ] North Carolina Poison Control, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA;
          [4 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Poison Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA;
          [5 ] Department of Medical Toxicology, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA;
          [6 ] Ciber Global, Troy, MI, USA;
          [7 ] American Association of Poison Control Centers, Arlington, VA, USA;
          [8 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, Section of Clinical Toxicology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA
          Article
          10.1080/15563650.2020.1834219
          33305966
          414dc3bc-fb23-4bb8-bd5f-4e08f65c6f59
          © 2020
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