Determining the volume of toxic liquid ingestions in adults: Accuracy of estimates by healthcare professionals and members of the public

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-82

  Hitchings, Andrew W ^a,b   Wood, David M ^a,c   Warren Gash, Charlotte ^a,d   Gil Rivas, Sara ^e   Dargan, Paul I ^a,c  

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

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Sunny Meed Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Drinking; Observer Variation; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DEGLUTITION; DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; POISONING; POISONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84873667589     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.763135     Document Type: Article

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