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Characteristic Number % Total calls of ingestions 111 100 Sex Male 32 29 Female 79 71 Age (years) 0 to 18 15 14 19 to 40 15 14 41 to 60 34 31 61 to 80 36 32 81 to 100 8 7 Not listed/unknown 3 3 Ingestion type Intentional 23 21 Unintentional 88 79 Unintentional subtype Dose error 13 15 One extra dose 40 45 Multiple extra doses 27 31 Pediatric exploratory 8 9 Medication indication listed 69 62 Rheumatoid arthritis 38 55 Crohn's disease 5 7 Psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis 14 20 Other disease 12 17 Treatment Leucovorin treatment 34 Intentional ingestion 12 35 Unintentional ingestion 22 65 Sodium bicarbonate 18 Activated charcoal 6 Blood products 4 Steroids 1 Granulocyte stimulating factor 2 Course Ingestions admitted to hospital 41 Intentional ingestion 17 41 Unintentional—dose error 2 5 Unintentional—one extra dose 11 27 Unintentional—multiple extra doses 8 20 Unintentional—ediatric exploratory 3 7 Admitted and leucovorin treatment 31 28 Intentional ingestion 12 39 Unintentional ingestion 19 61 Recorded signs of toxicity 12 11 Death 2 2
