RT Journal
A1 Alander SW, Dowd M, Bratton SL, Kearns GL
T1 PEdiatric acetaminophen poisoning—reply
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2001
FD March 1
VO 155
IS 3
SP 418
OP 418
DO 10.1001/archpedi.155.3.417
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.155.3.417
AB 
We appreciate the comments offered by Isbister and colleagues, as well as the opportunity to clarify our article. The intent of our study was to characterize acetaminophen overdose in a whole pediatric population, not certain age groups. Because of recent literature regarding hepatotoxicity resulting from intentional "supratherapeutic" dosing in children and adults,1- 4 we chose to stratify our population by intent to evaluate our experience relative to this concern. We acknowledged that the number of subjects with hepatotoxicity limited multivariate analysis (age and intent). Our data verified the suspicion that overdose in 6- to 10-year-olds was uncommon; there were only two 7-year-olds with unintentional, nontoxic acetaminophen ingestion. This small number would not have significantly changed our results if we had compared the age groups as suggested by Isbister et al.