Toxic Ingestion Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department, ICU and Inpatient

Discharge Criteria

The following medical, social, and behavioral health criteria should be met prior to a child’s discharge home.

Presentation of non-toxic ingestion, asymptomatic toxic ingestion, or symptomatic ingestion with minimal harm and substance effects that are improving
No pharmacologic concerns for enduring or future substance effects
- The Poison Control Center can assist in determining the risk of ongoing or future substance effects
No social concerns identified or social concerns addressed via a Social Work consultation
No behavioral health concerns, or behavioral health consult completed, and child deemed safe for discharge

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The clinical pathways are based upon publicly available medical evidence and/or a consensus of medical practitioners at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) and are current at the time of publication. These clinical pathways are intended to be a guide for practitioners and may need to be adapted for each specific patient based on the practitioner’s professional judgment, consideration of any unique circumstances, the needs of each patient and their family, and/or the availability of various resources at the health care institution where the patient is located.

Accordingly, these clinical pathways are not intended to constitute medical advice or treatment, or to create a doctor-patient relationship between/among The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”), its physicians and the individual patients in question. CHOP does not represent or warrant that the clinical pathways are in every respect accurate or complete, or that one or more of them apply to a particular patient or medical condition. CHOP is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the clinical pathways, or for any outcomes a patient might experience where a clinician consulted one or more such pathways in connection with providing care for that patient.

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