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Litovitz T, Felberg L, White S, et al. 1996. 1995 annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System. Am J Emerg Med 14 487-494, 521. [Pg.191]

Litovitz, T. L., Klein-Schwartz, W., White, S., Cobaugh, D., Youniss, ]., Omslaer, ]., Drab, A. and Benson, B. (2001). Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposures Surveillance System. Am. ]. Emergency Med, 19(5), 337-396. [Pg.237]

The 2000 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System listed six lithium-related deaths (four cases of intentional suicide and two of therapeutic error) and two other deaths in which lithium was not listed as the primary cause (534). A total of 4663 lithium-related exposures were reported, in which death was the outcome in 13 and a major hfe-threatening event or cause of significant disability in 267. [Pg.154]

TABLE 15.3. Number of exposures to long-acting anticoagulant rodenticides and deaths reported by the American Association of Poison Control Centers - Toxic Exposure... [Pg.214]

AAPCC-TESS American Association of Poison Control Centers-Toxic Exposure Surveillance System ALT Alanine aminotransferase ARDS Adult respiratory distress syndrome AST Aspartate aminotransferase BUN Blood urea nitrogen ECG Electrocardiogram INR International normalization ratio NAPQI A-acetyl-/>-benzoquinone-imine PPPA Poison Prevention Packaging Act (of 1970)... [Pg.146]

TABLE 18.3 Number of Exposures to Long-Acting Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Deaths Reported by the American Association of Poison Control Centers—Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (AAPCC-TESS) Annual Reports 24 Year Data ... [Pg.230]