AAPCC

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AAPCCAmerican Association of Poison Control Centers
AAPCCAdjusted Average per Capita Cost
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2004 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System.
Delayed Toxicity of a Patient with Valproic Acid Overdose
[11.] American Association of Poison Control Centers. National Poison Data System.
A 3-year survey of acute poisoning exposures in infants reported in telephone calls made to the Tygerberg Poison Information Center, South Africa
(3.) American Association of Poison Control Centers. Poison Help: bath salts data, updated July 6, 2012.
Violent behavior and hallucination in a 32-year-old patient
However, the National Poison Data System (NPDS), run by the American Association of Poison Control Centers, relies largely on voluntary information, and reported poisonings are not verified.
Toddlers often poisoned by alcohol, street drugs
The drugs are both powerful and dangerous, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. In 2010, poison control centers around the country began getting calls about reactions--some extreme--to unknown substances.
New act outlaws 'bath salt' compounds
Source: Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (TESS) 2004 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
The syndromic classification, differential diagnosis, management, and prevention of potentially fatal plant poisonings in Louisiana and the Gulf South
People are desperate for help," said Deborah Anne Carr, executive director of the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
Bath salts, synthetic marijuana use on the rise
Last year, there were 6,959 calls related to synthetic marijuana and 6,138 calls about bath salts, compared with 2,906 and 304 calls, respectively in 2010, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
Bath salts, synthetic marijuana use on the rise
The American Association of Poison Control Centers reported 4,600 caffeine-related calls in 2005; one-half of involved patients age <19.
New-onset psychosis: check caffeine use
"Even with improvements to packaging, no medication package can be 100 percent childproof," warns Richard Dart, MD, president of the American Association of Poison Control Centers. "Poison centers receive calls every day about young children getting into medicines without adult supervision; that's why we encourage all parents and caregivers to follow these simple steps to ensure their child's safety."
Medication overdoses
Synthetic cannabinoids have been linked to more than 1,600 calls to poison control centers in the first four months of this year, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
A bad trip: lawmakers try to stay one step ahead of the chemists manufacturing dangerous synthetic drugs
The 132-page annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers published in the journal Clinical Toxicology shows zero deaths from multiple vitamins; zero deaths from any of the B vitamins; zero deaths from vitamins A, C, D, or E; and zero deaths from any other vitamin.*
Poison control statistics prove supplements' safety
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