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National surveillance of emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events

Article Abstract:

Adverse drug events (ADEs) that are common but often preventable causes of medical injuries are an important cause of morbidity in the United States. Surveillance of adverse drug events that lead to emergency department visits which during the period January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2005 are described particularly among individuals 65 years and older and it is reported that more than 700000 patients were treated for ADEs in the US emergency departments each year.

Drugs, Prevention, Risk factors, Adverse drug reactions, Morbidity

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Public Health Consequences Among First Responders to Emergency Events Associated With Illicit Methamphetamine Laboratories--Selected States, 1996-1999

Article Abstract:

Of the 23,327 events reported to the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance system during 1996-1999, 112 (0.5%) were injuries sustained by first responders caused by chemical exposure while investigating illicit methamphetamine labs. Chemicals used in methamphetamine manufacture are explosive, flammable, and toxic and can cause fires, explosions, and other uncontrolled reactions.

Causes of, Police, Police officers, Methamphetamine, Burns, Chemical, Chemical burns

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Public health and aging: nonfatal injuries among older adults treated in hospital emergency departments -- United States, 2001

Article Abstract:

Falls continue to be the leading cause of injury in the elderly, accounting for 62% of all non-fatal injuries among this age group that were treated in US emergency rooms in 2001. Almost three million elderly Americans were treated in ERs for a non-fatal injury that year. Women were more likely to be injured from a fall than men and were more likely to fracture a bone.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Aged, Elderly, Statistics, Demographic aspects, Wounds and injuries, Falls (Accidents), Accidental falls

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