Indications for, techniques of, complications of, and efficacy of gastric lavage in the treatment of the poisoned child

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-165

  Tucker, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH LAVAGE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; POISONING;

EID: 0034103397     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200004000-00014     Document Type: Review

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