FEVER PITCH
The gold-standard site for temperature, and the one preferred in infants under 3 months.
What is rectal?
Acetaminophen goes by this name in Europe.
What is paracetamol?
Ibuprofen isn't recommended below this age.
What is 6 months?
The OTC analgesic of choice in the third trimester of pregnancy.
What is acetaminophen?
The national Poison Control number.
What is 1-800-222-1222?
Add about 1°F to an oral reading to estimate this route; subtract about 1°F for this one.
What are rectal (or tympanic) and axillary?
The toxic reactive metabolite that piles up once glutathione is depleted.
What is NAPQI?
The OTC maximum daily dose of ibuprofen in adults.
What is 1200 mg?
Because of its very low concentration in breast milk, this NSAID is considered the safest analgesic while breastfeeding.
What is ibuprofen?
Pharmacists should tell patients to throw out any remaining bottles of this syrup, since it doesn't improve outcomes.
What is ipecac?
Any temperature above 106°F gets this name and is a medical emergency.
What is hyperpyrexia?
The antidote, sold as Mucomyst or Acetadote.
What is N-acetylcysteine?
Vomiting bright red blood is called this; dark tarry stool (due to blood) is called this.
What are hematemesis and melena?
For most OTC products the FDA advises against self-medication below this age; for cough and cold products, this older age.
What are 2 years and 4 years?
One teaspoonful of this has roughly the surface area of a football field, but it still shouldn't be used at home without calling Poison Control.
What is activated charcoal?
An infant under 3 months with a rectal temp at or above this number is an automatic referral.
What is 100.4°F?
The tool used to decide whether that antidote is actually needed after an acute ingestion.
What is the Rumack-Matthew nomogram?
This is why salicylates, including bismuth subsalicylate, stay away from kids and teens with flu-like illness or chickenpox.
What is Reye's syndrome?
In 2015 the FDA scrapped the A-B-C-D-X letter categories in favor of this labeling rule.
What is the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (PLLR)?
This 1970 act gave us child-resistant closures.
What is the Poison Prevention Packaging Act?
The AAP does not recommend this popular caregiver habit, mostly because of overdose and dosing-error risk.
What is alternating antipyretics?
Thanks to the FDA, pediatric oral acetaminophen liquid now comes in only this one concentration.
What is 160 mg/5 mL?
Aspirin tablets come as 81, 325, and 500 mg — so a student hunting for "aspirin 300 mg tablets" is really describing this dosage form.
What is a suppository?
Diphenhydramine, doxylamine, chlorpheniramine, and meclizine are the high-risk OTC ingredients for this population, thanks to anticholinergic sensitivity.
Who are older adults?
These two agents are the primary toxicities from accidental overdose in children.
What are iron and acetaminophen?