Titre : | A 10-year review of cannabis exposure in children under 3-years of age: do we need a more global approach? (2017) |
Auteurs : | I. CLAUDET ; M. LE BRETON ; C. BREHIN ; N. FRANCHITTO |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | European Journal of Pediatrics (Vol.176, n°4, April 2017) |
Article en page(s) : | 553-556 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique FRANCEThésaurus mots-clés URGENCE ; ENFANT ; CANNABIS ; PEDIATRIE ; INTOXICATION ; EVOLUTION ; ETUDE RETROSPECTIVE ; TOXICOLOGIE ; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL |
Résumé : | Pediatricians working in an emergency environment are confronted with children admitted to emergency departments for intoxication on a daily basis. We carried out a retrospective cohort study of children admitted to a pediatric emergency department due to unintentional cannabis exposure over a 10-year period from 2004 to 2014. Twenty-nine children under the age of 3 were admitted with a positive cannabis urine test. Eighty-seven percent of intoxications occurred at the family home. Resin was the main form of ingested cannabis (69%). The mean age was 16.5 +/- 5.2 months, and mean weight was 11.1 +/- 2.1 Kg. Sixty percent of admissions occurred between 2012 and 2014. More severe presentations, based on Poisoning Severity Score, occurred over the past 2 years. Four children experienced seizures before admission. Ten children (34%) had a decreased level of consciousness (GCS |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 13 |
Affiliation : | Pediatric Emergency Department, Children hospital, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France |
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