Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Unintentional Exposures to Oral Prescription Medications Among Young Children

Key Points

• The study aims to estimate the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations due to unintentional exposures to oral prescription medications among young children.
• Cross-sectional study design
• Data collection on emergency department visits and hospitalizations
• Identification of common drugs involved in unintentional exposures
• Estimated annual emergency department visits related to unintentional medication exposure
• Identified most common prescription medications involved in these incidents