Oral poisonings: Guidelines for initial evaluation and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-92

  Larsen, Lars C ^a   Cummings, Doyle M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY; FLUMAZENIL; GLUCAGON; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; REVIEW; STOMACH LAVAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIDOTES; CHARCOAL; EMETICS; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; IPECAC; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031882626     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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