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Table 1 PSS grading

From: The prevalence of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry confirmed paediatric poisoning at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Grade

Description

None

No symptoms or signs related to poisoning

Minor

Mild, transient and spontaneously resolving symptoms

Moderate

Pronounced or prolonged symptoms

Severe

Severe or life-threatening symptoms

Fatal

Death

  1. PSS Poisoning severity score. From Hans E Persson et al., 1998, Poisoning Severity Score. Grading of Acute Poisoning
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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