Ipecac for slow-release potassium poisoning: Pariah or phoenix?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 226-231

  Geluk, Michael ^a   Braitberg, George ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ipecac; Potassium; Slow release potassium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; IPECAC; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH LAVAGE; VOMITING;

EID: 0033822012     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2000.00131.x     Document Type: Review

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