Medical Toxicology and Poison Prevention in Pediatrics with Dr. Anthony Pizon
May 2, 2023
In the latest episode of “That’s Pediatrics” – UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s podcast about all things pediatric health and wellness – our hosts talk with Anthony Pizon, MD, chief of the Medical Toxicology Division at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, about medical toxicology in the pediatric hospital setting and the common trends in poisonings that come through the Emergency Department as of late.
Specifically, our experts touch on what a typical service looks like for medical toxicology at UPMC Children’s in terms of age groups and toxic substances, how technology evolution over the past 50 years to help poison prevention care, drug and alcohol abuse from a medical toxicology perspective, how the Poison Center has changed and not changed over the past 50 years, and more.
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