Delayed Salicylate Toxicity with Undetectable Initial Levels after Large-Dose Aspirin Ingestion

Authors

Joseph Herres, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Danielle Ryan, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Matthew Salzman

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2009

Abstract

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), the most commonly used medicinal salicylate, is an antiinflammatory, antipyretic, antirheumatic, and analgesic agent. In 2005, according to the Toxic Exposures Survey from the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poisoning and Exposure Database, there were more than 20,000 reported aspirin and nonaspirin salicylate exposures, 64% of which required treatment in a health care facility. Of these exposures, 50% were reported as intentional overdoses and 60 patients died.

Publication Title

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume

27

Issue

9

First Page

e1

Last Page

e3

PubMed ID

19931787

Comments

This article was published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 27, Issue 9, November 2009, Pages 1173: e1-3.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2009.01.013

Copyright © 2009 Elsevier B.V.

Recommended Citation

Herres, Joseph; Ryan, Danielle; and Salzman, Matthew, "Delayed Salicylate Toxicity with Undetectable Initial Levels after Large-Dose Aspirin Ingestion" (2009). PCOM Scholarly Papers. 143.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/143