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 |