Background: As cannabis is legalized/decriminalized in more US jurisdictions, and social norms and perceptions around use change, many products for psychoactive, recreational use, and purported medical uses are available in edible and supplement formats. Rates of unintentional ingestion of cannabis products among children and adolescents have been described in the literature, but there is no [...]

Background: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents age 15-19 in the United States and ingestion/poisoning hospitalizations continue to rise. In order to better understand this population, we investigated characteristics of adolescent poisoning hospitalizations including patient factors as well as ingestion history. Methods: Retrospective study of adolescent patients (aged 12-18) hospitalized to [...]

Background: One out of every 5 teens has had mental illness with severe impairment in their lifetime. Furthermore, from 2008-2015 the number of hospitalizations for suicidal ideation (SI)/suicide attempt (SA) more than tripled and the percentage of all hospitalizations doubled for SI/SA across 31 children’s hospitals. Given the increasing burden observed in the hospital setting, [...]

Case Presentation: The patient was an 85-year-old female who presented to the hospital with encephalopathy, rigors, new onset atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response and shock. Her past medical history was only noted as dementia and hypertension. Due to her change in mental status, CT head and CTA head and neck were obtained which did [...]