Trends in emergency department visits for acetaminophen-related poisonings: 2011-2019. / Tendances des visites aux services des urgences pour des intoxications liées à l'acétaminophène, 2011 à 2019.

A total of 27123 cases of poisoning were captured in the eCHIRPP database, of which 3721 cases (13.7%) were acetaminophen related. About 50.3% of the poisonings were unintentional, 48.6% were intentional and 1.1% were of undetermined intent. There was a significant decreasing trend in acetaminophen poisonings, among all unintentional poisonings, for both males (−10.3%) and females (−8.0%). Among all intentional poisonings, there was a significant decrease for acetaminophen poisonings among females (−5.9%) but not among males. Compared to males, females had consistently higher rates of emergency department presentations for both unintentional and intentional acetaminophen-related poisonings.