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Toddler ToxicologyDrugs That Can Kill a Child
with One Pill or Swallow
  • Joe Lex, MD, FAAEM
  • Temple University School of Medicine
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Joseph.Lex_at_TUHS.Temple.edu

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How Far Weve Come
  • 1950 gt400 pediatric overdose deaths
  • 2003 34 fatalities from overdose in children lt6
    years
  • Can we be smug??

Intro
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Intro
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Intro
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Intro
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Peak Incidence 1 to 3
  • Attracted to toxic substances based on color or
    appearance of agent or container
  • More willing to taste dangerous substances
  • Hand-mouth behavior nearly 10 times / hour

Intro
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Peak Incidence 1 to 3
  • Physical environment change plays significant
    role
  • Half of accidental poisonings due to product in
    use at time of ingestion or recently moved from
    usual storage site
  • Top category cosmetics and personal care products

Intro
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Peak Incidence 1 to 3
  • Plants also popular
  • Amounts ingested by toddlers small
  • Ingestion of toxic substance usually results in
    nontoxic or minimally toxic outcomes

Intro
12
Poison Hunting on eBay
  • 10 month hunt on eBay
  • 121 products identified
  • 24 supertoxic strychnine, arsenic trioxide,
    cyanide, etc.
  • 63 extremely toxic
  • 21 very toxic
  • 13 moderately-slightly toxic

Intro
Cantrell FL. Clin Toxicol. 200543(5)375-9.
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Gideon Korens Article
  • Koren G. Medications which can kill a toddler
    with one tablet or spoonful. Clin Toxicol
    19933140713
  • Identified medicines lethal to 10-kg child in
    single pill or swallow

Koren
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Interest Builds
  • Liebelt EL,et al. Small doses, big problems a
    selected review of highly toxic common
    medications. Pediatr Emerg Care 199392927.

Koren
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Interest Builds
  • Michael JB, Sztajnkrycer MD. Deadly pediatric
    poisons nine common agents that kill at low
    doses. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2004
    Nov22(4)1019-50.

Koren
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Interest Builds
  • Matteucci MJ. One pill can kill assessing the
    potential for fatal poisonings in children.
    Pediatr Ann. 2005 Dec 34(12)964-8.

Koren
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Gideon Korens Return
  • Bar-Oz B, Levichek Z, Koren G. Medications that
    can be fatal for a toddler with one tablet or
    teaspoonful a 2004 update. Paediatr Drugs.
    2004 6(2)123-6.

Koren
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Some Assumptions
  • Assume healthy toddler with bodyweight 10 kg and
    normal drug metabolism
  • Use lowest described fatal dose from literature
  • Use maximal dose unit available

Assume
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Major Miscreants
  • TCAs
  • Antimalarials
  • Antipsychotics
  • Anti-arrhythmics
  • Methyl salicylate
  • Oral hypoglycemics
  • Calcium channel blockers
  • Theophylline
  • Narcotics
  • Camphor

Villains
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Liquids
22
Camphor
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Camphor A Case Study
  • Multiple pediatric deaths
  • AAP editorial in 1978 Camphor Who Needs It?
  • 20 camphorated oil removed from US pharmacies
  • OTC camphor concentration limited to 11 in OTCs

Camphor
Camphor Who needs it? Pediatrics. 1978
Sep62(3)404-6.
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Camphor
  • Topical rubefacient induces local hyperemia,
    warmth
  • Analgesic, antipruritic, and antitussive agent
  • Variety of OTC liniments Vicks VapoRub,
    Ben-Gay, Absorbine, Tiger Balm

Camphor
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Camphor
  • Aromatic terpene ketone derived from plants
  • Distinct odor, pungent taste
  • Some cultures use in cooking
  • As little as 700 to 1000 mg fatal

Camphor
AAP Policy Statement. Pediatrics 199494127.
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Camphor
  • 7805 cases of topical camphor ingestion in
    children younger than age 6 reported to poison
    control centers in US in 2001
  • Deaths rare since loss of 20 oil

Camphor
27
Camphor
  • Cause of death respiratory depression, status
    epilepticus
  • 3-year-old ingested 15mL Vicks VapoRub ?
    seizures, coma, respiratory depression
  • 700 mg of camphor

Camphor
Ruha AM, et al. Acad Emerg Med 200310691.
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Camphor
  • 2-year-old ingested 10mL Campho-Phenique
  • Seizures in 10 minutes, then coma, respiratory
    depression lasting 24 hours

Camphor
Gibson DE, et al. Am J Emerg Med 19897413.
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Vicks VapoRub Cream
Camphor
31
Campho-Phenique Gel
Camphor
32
Campho-Phenique (10.8)
Camphor
33
Today
  • 1996 9,387 camphor exposures reported to AAPCC
  • 7404 in children under 6 years
  • NO deaths reported
  • Virtually eliminated as a source of lethality in
    this country

Camphor
34
SUCCESS!!
Camphor
35
Methyl Salicylate
36
Salicylates
  • Present in numerous over-the-counter products
  • Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)
  • Oil of wintergreen (methyl salicylate)
  • Pepto-Bismol (bismuth subsalicylate)

Salicylate
37
Methyl Salicylate
  • Methyl ester of salicylic acid
  • Oil of wintergreen
  • Deceptively toxic
  • Minimal toxic ingested dose in children 150 mg/kg

Salicylate
38
Methyl Salicylate
  • Betula oil
  • Panalgesic
  • o-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester
  • Gaultheria oil
  • Methyl o-hydroxy -benzoate
  • Sweet birch oil
  • Teaberry oil
  • Analgit
  • Exagien
  • Flucarmit
  • 2-(methoxy carbonyl)-phenol
  • Anthrapole ND
  • 2-carbo-methoxyphenol
  • Methyl hydroxybenzoate
  • Linsal
  • Metsal Liniment

Salicylate
39
Methyl Salicylate
  • One teaspoon of 98 methyl salicylate contains
    7000 mg of salicylate
  • Equivalent to 90 baby aspirin
  • gt 4 times potentially toxic dose for 10-kg child

Salicylate
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Methyl Salicylate
  • Therapeutic serum ASA for analgesia 15 to 30
    mg/dL
  • Signs and symptoms of toxicity gt30 mg/dL
  • Life-threatening levels gt100 mg/dL

Salicylate
41
Methyl Salicylate
  • Vd doubles or triples in toxic states
  • Therapeutic half-life 1 to 2 hours
  • Toxic levels with acid urine half-life up to 30
    hours

Salicylate
42
Methyl Salicylate
  • Children with rheumatoid disease at steady state
    toxic through minor dietary changes
  • Infants may show just dehydration, rapid
    breathing
  • Older kids GI symptoms, CNS depression

Salicylate
43
Methyl Salicylate
  • Non-aspirin salicylates can be converted to
    aspirin equivalent doses with the help of
    tables found in any standard toxicology book

Salicylate
44
Methyl Salicylate 15
Salicylate
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Methyl Salicylate 18.3
Salicylate
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Methyl Salicylate 30
Salicylate
47
Methyl Salicylate 30
Salicylate
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Methyl Salicylate 40
Salicylate
49
Methyl Salicylate ??
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Methyl Salicylate ??
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Methyl Salicylate 0.06
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Methyl Salicylate
  • 21-month-old significant poisoning, peak serum
    concentration of 81 mg/dL, after ingesting 4 mL

Salicylate
Howrie DL, et al. Pediatrics 19857586971.
  • Fatality with ingestion lt1 tsp

Stevenson CS. Am J Med Sci 193719377288.
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Methyl Salicylate
  • 1996 report to AAPCC
  • 10,733 toxic exposures to methyl salicylate
  • 7,712 were children
  • Two deaths reported, both in adults

Salicylate
54
Podophyllin 25
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Podophyllin 25
  • Resinous powder from rhizome of American Mayapple
  • Used to treat genital warts
  • Occasional adulterant in herbal medicines
  • 1989 Hong Kong outbreak

Podophyllin
Ng THK, et al. J Neurol Sci 1991101107-13.
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Podophyllin 25
  • Transient toxicity hallucinatory psychosis, bone
    marrow depression, hepatic dysfunction
  • Persistent severe peripheral neuropathy

Podophyllin
Filley CM, et al. Neurology. 1982 Mar
32(3)308-11.
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Podophyllin 25
  • Minimal potential fatal dose 15 20 mg/kg
  • Maximal dose unit available 1.25 g/5mL
  • Volume for potential lethality 1mL

Podophyllin
Filley CM, et al. Neurology. 1982 Mar
32(3)308-11.
58
Pastes, Ointments, Liniments
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Dibucaine
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Dibucaine
  • Potent amide anesthetic
  • Topical uses hemorrhoids, sunburn, episiotomy
    pain
  • 10x as toxic as lidocaine
  • 20x as toxic as procaine

Dibucaine
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Dibucaine
  • CNS toxicity
  • Seizure
  • Coma

BAD STUFF
Dibucaine
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Dibucaine
  • Cardiotoxicity
  • Increased PR
  • Widened QT
  • Slowed conduction
  • Slowed repolarization
  • Reentrant dysrhythmias
  • SVT
  • PVC

Dibucaine
63
Dibucaine
  • 1 of topical anesthetics sold in US
  • lt5 nonfatal exposures to topical anesthetics
  • Caused 3 of 4 deaths due to topical anesthetics
    over last 20 years

Dibucaine
Dayan PS, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 1996 Oct
28(4)442-5.
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Dibucaine
  • In 1995, US Consumer Product Safety Commission
    issued rule requiring childproof packing for
    containers with gt0.5 mg dibucaine or gt5 mg
    lidocaine
  • Corticaine Dibucort
  • Dibusone Nupercainal

Dibucaine
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Pills, Tablets Capsules
67
Anti-Arrhythmics
68
Quinidine
  • D-isomer of quinine
  • Derived from cinchona bark
  • Side effects and toxicity similar to quinine
  • Main concerns dysrhythmias, cardiogenic shock,
    coma, seizures, retinal damage

Quinidine
Dellocchio T, et al. Pediatrics. 1976 Aug
58(2)288-90
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Interesting History
  • Founder of homoeopathy, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann,
    took large daily dose of quinine bark
  • After 2 weeks, he felt malaria-like symptoms
  • Like cures like philosophy was start of
    homoeopathy

Quinidine
70
Disopyramide
  • Another Class 1A
  • Falling out of favor
  • More anticholinergic than others in class
  • 1 pill potentially lethal

Disopyramide
Singer P, et al. J Anal Toxicol. 1995 Oct
19(6)529-30.
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Encainide
  • Encainide (Enkaid) removed from American market
    voluntarily, still available on compassionate
    basis
  • Case report infant swallowed 1 tablet (25 mg)
    with rapid onset V-tach, but survival

Encainide
Mortensen ME, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 1992 Aug
21(8)998-1001.
72
Propafenone
  • Propafenone (Rhythmol)
  • 2 year-old ingested less than one tablet ? rapid
    cardiovascular collapse
  • Eventual recovery

Propafenone
McHugh TP, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 1987 Apr
16(4)437-40.
73
Antiarrhythmics
74
Antimalarials
75
Quinine
  • See quinidine

76
Chloroquine
  • Primary treatment for malaria
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Antihistamine
  • Anti-prostaglandin
  • Hydroxychloroquine chemically similar

Chloroquine
77
Chloroquine
  • Quinolone family
  • Now used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, systemic
    / discoid lupus erythematosus, other connective
    tissue disorders

Chloroquine
78
Chloroquine
  • Initial symptom may be cardiac arrest
  • Pediatric overdoses neuro symptoms in 30 min to
    1 hour
  • Death seems related to cardiac conduction system
    depression and myocardium

Chloroquine
79
Chloroquine
  • Severity of hypokalemia closely correlates with
    level of chloroquine toxicity
  • Potassium concentrations less than 1.9 mEq/L
    correlated with severe, life-threatening ingestion

Chloroquine
Angel G, et al. Lancet. 1995 Dec 16
346(8990)1625.
80
Chloroquine
  • GI absorption rapid, almost complete
  • Peak plasma concentration 1.5 to 3 hours
  • Elimination half-life in children 75 to 136 hours

Chloroquine
Cann HM, et al. Pediatrics 19612795102.
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Chloroquine
  • Therapeutic dose 10 mg/kg
  • Toxic effects 20 mg/kg
  • Lethal dose 30 mg/kg
  • Confirmed toddler death at 27 mg/kg
  • Equivalent to 300mg tablet in 8 kg 12-month-old

Chloroquine
Cann HM, et al. Pediatrics 19612795102.
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Chloroquine
Chloroquine
83
Antimalarials
84
Clonidine
85
Clonidine
  • Initially nasal decongestants
  • Later marketed as central acting antihypertensive
  • Alpha2-adrenergic agonist
  • ? central adrenergic tone
  • Also bind to imidazoline receptors in medulla

Clonidine
86
Imidazolines
  • Decongestant imidazolines naphazoline,
    oxymetazoline, tetrahydrozoline, xylometazoline
  • Ophthalmologic brimonidine and apraclonidine used
    to treat glaucoma

Clonidine
87
Imidazolines
  • 2001 1438 clonidine exposures in children
    younger than 6 years old
  • 922 tetrahydrozoline exposures in preschool
    children

Clonidine
88
Toxicity
  • Oral, transdermal delivery
  • Patches contain 2.5 mg, 5 mg, and 7.5 mg of
    clonidine,
  • OD resembles opioid ?LOC, bradycardia,
    hypotension, respiratory depression, miosis,
    hypotonia

Clonidine
89
Toxicity
  • Toxicity in 30 to 90 minutes
  • May persist for 1 to 3 days
  • Children most at risk for bradycardia,
    respiratory depression, intermittent apnea

Clonidine
90
Cases
  • Case series 80 children admit for clonidine
    ingestion
  • Average time to onset of symptoms 35 minutes
  • Most common presenting sign or symptom reduced
    level of consciousness (96)

Clonidine
Nichols MH, et al. Ann Emerg Med 199729511
91
Cases
  • Six required intubation
  • No deaths reported
  • 54 of the clonidine belonged to patients
    grandmothers

Clonidine
Nichols MH, et al. Ann Emerg Med 199729511
92
Cases
  • 21-month-old girl coma, bradycardia, hypotension
    after ingesting 0.3-mg tablet

Neuvonen PJ, et al. Clin Toxicol 19791436974.
Clonidine
  • 6-year-old girl obtundation, bradycardia after
    applying patch she mistook for bandage

Killian CA, et al. Pediatr Emerg Care 1997
133401.
93
Cases
  • 9-month-old boy lethargic 90 minutes after
    sucking on a discarded clonidine patch

Caravati EM, et al. Ann Emerg Med 198817175
Clonidine
  • 2-year-old child bradycardic, recurrent apnea
    after ingesting 5 mL apraclonidine

Everson G, et al. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1999
37629.
94
Management
  • Imidazoline supportive
  • Symptomatic patients respond variably to naloxone
    up to a total of 10 mg
  • Retrospective review 39 / 80 patients (49) got
    naloxone
  • Positive response in 4 patients

Clonidine
Nichols MH, et al. Ann Emerg Med 199729511
95
Management
  • Symptomatic bradycardia start with atropine
  • Hypotension unresponsive to fluid resuscitation
    or complicated by persistent bradycardia dopamine

Clonidine
Maggi JC, et al. Clin Paediatr 1986254535.
96
Tricyclic Anti-depressants
97
Cyclic Antidepressants
  • Leading cause of poisoning fatality in the United
    States until 1993
  • Presently 2nd most common class of agents
    ingested in fatalities reported to AAPCC

T C A
Litovitz TL, et al. Am J Emerg Med 2002
20391452.
98
Cyclic Antidepressants
  • All TCAs dangerous in excess
  • Desipramine seems especially dangerous in
    children
  • Anticholinergic toxidrome (remember
    the mnemonic??)

T C A
99
Toxidrome Mnemonic
  • blind as a bat dilated pupils
  • dry as a bone dehydrated
  • mad as a hen hallucinations
  • red as a beet skin flushing
  • urinary retention
  • tachycardia

T C A
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Pathophysiology
  • Mortality 2o to cardiotoxicity, CNS toxicity
  • ?BP may be 2o arrhythmia-induced cardiogenic
    shock, ?PVR 2o to alpha-adrenergic blockade,
    sympathomimetic amine depletion

T C A
101
Pathophysiology
  • Seizures associated with cyclic antidepressant
    toxicity typically generalized tonic-clonic,
    self-limited
  • Status epilepticus has been reported

T C A
Lipper B, et al. Am J Emerg Med 1994124517.
102
Pathophysiology
  • Seizure activity greatest in antidepressants
    showing dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake
    inhibition bupropion, amoxapine, venlafaxine
  • Significant toxicity presents within 6 hours of
    ingestion

T C A
Lipper B, et al. Am J Emerg Med 1994124517.
103
Morbidity / Mortality
  • 10 to 20 mg/kg ingestion of most TCAs likely to
    result in significant CNS, CV symptoms
  • 15 to 20 mg/kg ingestion believed to represent
    lethal exposure

T C A
Frommer DA, et al. JAMA 19872575216.
104
TCA Case Reports
  • 3-year-old girl seizures, cardiac dysrhythmias
    after ingestion 100 mg desipramine

Jue SG. Drug Intell Clin Pharm 197610523.
T C A
  • 250 mg imipramine, amoxapine have resulted in
    child fatality

Linakis JG. Clin Toxicol Rev 198810.
Manoguerra AS. Crit Care Q 19824351.
105
Management
  • Lecture in itself
  • Sodium bicarbonate remains mainstay of treatment
    to reverse cardiotoxic effects
  • Beneficial with even normal arterial pH
  • Optimal dosing strategy remains to be determined

T C A
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Tricyclic Antidepressants
107
Calcium Channel Antagonists
108
Epidemiology
  • 9264 CCA exposures in 2001
  • 100 increase from 1990
  • 2249 in children under 6 years
  • 88 moderate to major outcomes
  • No pediatric deaths reported
  • 10 CCAs available in US

CCAs
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Categories
  • Phenylalkylamines verapamil
  • Benzothiaprines diltiazem
  • Act predominantly on cardiac tissue
  • Dihydropyridines nifedipine
  • Acts predominately on vascular smooth muscle

CCAs
110
Presentation
  • Hallmark disturbance of cardiovascular system
  • Classic manifestations hypotension, bradycardia,
  • Reflex tachycardia can be seen with
    dihydropyridines

CCAs
111
Presentation
  • Conduction 2nd and 3rd degree heart block
  • Negative inotropy cardiogenic shock or cardiac
    arrest
  • Can be delayed in sustained-release preparation
    ingestion

CCAs
112
Presentation
  • Hypotension can last gt24 hours despite therapy,
  • Hyperglycemia multifactorial
  • Hyperglycemia in setting of bradycardia and
    hypotension suggests CCA ingestion

CCAs
113
Case 1
  • 11-month-old girl developed seizures 45 minutes
    after ingesting 400 mg verapamil

Passal DB, Crespin FH. Pediatrics 1984735435.
CCAs
114
Case 2
  • 14-month-old girl pale, hypotensive, tachycardic
    after ingesting single 10 mg nifedipine tablet
  • Aggressive interventions
  • Bradycardia ? pulseless
  • Died 3 hours after presentation

CCAs
Lee DC, et al. J Emerg Med 20001935961.
115
Case Series
  • Pediatric case series 16 symptomatic patients
    among 283 recorded exposures
  • Five occurred after ingestion single tablet
  • Maximal time to symptom onset from 3 to 14 hours

CCAs
Belson MG, et al. Am J Emerg Med 200018581.
116
Therapy
  • Atropine 1st-line agent in bradycardia, only
    moderately successful
  • Optimal pharmacotherapy poorly defined
  • Calcium conflicting data
  • Most beneficial in mild toxicity

CCAs
117
Therapy
  • TOC refractory CCA toxicity high-dose
    glucose-insulin
  • Insulin positive inotrope
  • Case series 5 patients with refractory shock
    after CCA overdose improved after glucose-insulin
    infusions

CCAs
Yuan TH, et al. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol
19993746374.
118
Calcium Channel Blockers
119
Sulfonylureas
120
Sulfonylureas
  • Children 12 years and under
  • Hypoglycemia in 56/185 (30)
  • 54/56 (96) developed hypoglycemia within 8 hours
    of ingestion
  • Clinical observation with oral feeding alone
    appears safe

Sulfonylurea
Spiller HA, et al. J Pediatr. 1997 Jul131(1 Pt
1)141-6.
121
Sulfonylureas
  • Clear symptoms hypoglycemia or glucose levels lt
    60 mg/dL admit for supplemental glucose (oral
    or IV), monitor
  • Refractory to IV glucose octreotide, diazoxide
    may help

Sulfonylurea
Little GL, et al. J Emerg Med. 2005 Apr
28(3)305-10.
122
Sulfonylureas
  • 2-year-old boy observed to ingest 5 mg glipizide
  • Activated charcoal given within 35 minutes
  • Hypoglycemia with serum glucose 49 mg/dL 11 hrs
    later

Sulfonylurea
Szlatenyi CS, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 1998 Jun
31(6)773-6.
123
Oral Hypoglycemics
124
Opioids Opiates
125
Epidemiology
  • 5914 reported ingestions by children younger than
    6 years old in 2001
  • Most common hydrocodone with acetaminophen
    (Vicodin)
  • Time to peak toxicity 1 hour
  • Most deaths 2o to respiratory depression, hypoxia

Opioids
126
Pathophysiology
  • Infants and children more susceptible to toxic
    effects
  • Half of children exposed to more than 1 mg/kg of
    codeine develop toxicity
  • 2.5 mg of hydrocodone has been lethal in infant

Opioids
OMA Committee on Pharmacy. Codeine Ont Med Rev
1977444478.
127
Treatment
  • Supportive
  • Naloxone as needed
  • Onset of action lt 2 minutes
  • Duration of action 20 90 minutes
  • Elimination half-life 60 90 minutes

Opioids
128
Opioids / Narcotics
129
Special Case Lomotil
  • Antidiarrheal agent
  • 2.5 mg opioid diphenoxylate
  • 0.025 mg antimuscarinic atropine
  • Both absorbed rapidly
  • May be delayed in overdose

Lomotil
130
Special Case Lomotil
  • Diphenoxylate metabolized to difenoxin, 5x more
    active than parent compound
  • Elimination half-life 12 14 hours
  • Little correlation between ingested dose and
    outcome

Lomotil
131
Special Case Lomotil
  • Classically described as biphasic reaction
  • Initial antimuscarinic symptoms in 2 3 hours
  • Delayed opioid symptoms
  • Recent studies show this occurs in only few cases

Lomotil
McCarron MG, et al. Pediatrics 199187694700.
132
Special Case Lomotil
  • Case series
  • 4/36 developed early anticholinergic symptoms
  • 15/36 developed opioid toxicity only

Lomotil
McCarron MG, et al. Pediatrics 199187694700.
133
Special Case Lomotil
  • Catastrophic outcomes reported after ingestion by
    children

Wasserman GS, et al. Am Fam Physician 1975
11937.
Lomotil
  • Toxicity reported after ingestion of one-half
    tablet

Ginsberg CM, et al. Clin Toxicol 1969237782.
134
Management
  • Similar to other opioids
  • Initial symptoms, including coma, may be delayed
  • Symptoms have recurred 24 hours after initial
    resolution
  • Recommend admit, monitor for no less than 24
    hours

Lomotil
Manoguerra AS, et al. Poisindex, Vol. 117
9/2003.
135
Household Products
  • Methanol in deicing solutions, windshield washer
    fluid, carburetor cleaners
  • Concentration may be 95
  • Ingestion of 4 mL by 10-kg toddler ? serum
    methanol concentration of 50 mg/dL

Methanol
136
Household Products
  • Ethylene glycol in antifreeze, some fire
    extinguishers, inks, and adhesives
  • Concentration may be 95
  • Ingestion of 2.9 mL by 10-kg toddler ? serum
    ethylene glycol concentration of 50 mg/dL

Ethylene Glycol
137
and Dont Forget
  • Theophylline still in use
  • Extended release preparation available
  • Minimal fatal dose 8.4 mg/kg
  • Maximal available unit dose 500 mg
  • One tablet can definitely kill

Theo
138
Primum non Nocere
  • No literature suggests better outcomes with
    charcoal
  • Deaths reported from activated charcoal
    aspiration
  • Some in children when they consumed nontoxic
    products

A C
Menzies DG, et al. BMJ 1988297459460.
Harsch HH. N Engl J Med 1986314318.
Elliott CG, et al. Chest 198996672674.
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Summary
  • Vast majority of toddler ingestions are benign
  • Dozen or so medicines can kill 10-kg toddler with
    one pill or swallow
  • Treatment usually supportive
  • Activated charcoal can kill

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