Trends in emergency department use of gastric lavage for poisoning events in the United States, 1993-2003

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-168

  Larkin, Gregory Luke ^a,b   Claassen, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decontamination trends; Gastric lavage; Intentional overdose; NHAMCS; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTOXICATION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847104263     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601155038     Document Type: Article

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