Past, present, and future role of ipecac syrup

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-162

  Quang, Lawrence S ^a   Woolf, Alan D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IPECAC;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STOMACH EMPTYING; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; CHARCOAL; CHILD; EMETICS; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; IPECAC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034020992     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200004000-00013     Document Type: Review

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