After the article by Kane et al, titled “Opioid-Related Critical Care Resource Use in US Children’s Hospitals” was published in the April 2018 issue of Pediatrics (2018;141[4]: e20173335; doi:10.1542/peds.2017-3335), several sentences in the introduction were found to be similar to text that appeared in a previously published manuscript. The report has been revised to eliminate duplicate text and to assure appropriate citations are made.
On page 2, column 1, paragraph 1 read: “The number of deaths in the United States that are attributable to opioid medications has doubled since 2000.1,2 Poisonings that are attributed to prescription drugs are now the leading cause of injury-related mortality in the United States.3,4 Despite a number of high-profile prevention strategies, poisonings from prescription medications continue to be a major cause of morbidity among children.5 Emergency department (ED) visits for opioid-related indications have risen substantially in both children and...
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