Efficacy and safety of gut decontamination in patients with acute therapeutic drug overdose;Eficacia y seguridad de la descontaminación digestiva en la intoxicación medicamentosa aguda

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 487-492

  Amigó, Montserrat ^a   Nogué, Santiago ^a   Sanjurjo, Eduard ^a   Faro, Joaquina ^a   Ferró, Inés ^a   Miró, Òscar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal; Acute therapeutic drug overdose; Gastric emptying; Gut decontamination; Syrup of ipecac

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH LAVAGE; TOXICOKINETICS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 2442586459     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13060170     Document Type: Article

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