Opioids implicated in most fatal poisonings of US toddlers, study finds

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Opioids were implicated in nearly half of fatal poisonings of U.S. toddlers during a recent 14-year period, with most deaths occurring at home while the children were being supervised, a study found.
The proportion of opioid-related deaths more than doubled over the course of the study period, from around 24% in 2005 to around 52% in 2018 — likely a consequence of the opioid epidemic, said Christopher E. Gaw, MD, MBE, a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who presented findings from the study at the AAP National

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Opioids were implicated in nearly half of fatal poisonings of U.S. toddlers during a recent 14-year period, with most deaths occurring at home while the children were being supervised, a study found.
The proportion of opioid-related deaths more than doubled over the course of the study period, from around 24% in 2005 to around 52% in 2018 — likely a consequence of the opioid epidemic, said Christopher E. Gaw, MD, MBE, a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who presented findings from the study at the AAP National