TY  - JOUR
T1  - FEntanyl patch warning
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2012/05/23
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.4764
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2139
EP  - 2139
VL  - 307
IS  - 20
N2  - 
The agency recently analyzed 26 cases of such unintentional exposures over the past 15 years, many of which ended in hospitalization or death. More than half of the cases involved children 2 years old or younger. Such very young children are at particular risk of exposure because they are mobile and curious and may find lost, discarded, or improperly stored patches and put them in their mouth or on their skin, according to the agency. Children also may be exposed when a patch being worn by an adult is inadvertently transferred to a child who comes into contact with that person.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.4764
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.4764
ER  -