An evidence based flowchart to guide the management of acute salicylate (aspirin) overdose

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 206-209

  Dargan, Paul I ^a   Wallace, Craig I ^a   Jones, Alison L ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; CAFFEINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALKALINIZATION; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STOMACH LAVAGE;

EID: 0036270809     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.3.206     Document Type: Review

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