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Gastrointestinal decontamination. Which method is best?
1Emergency Medicine Department, St Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, MN 55101.
Postgraduate Medicine
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
Why has ipecac syrup become less popular in emergency management of poisoning and overdose? When should gastric lavage, activated charcoal, cathartics, or a combination of methods be used? Which patients are candidates for whole-bowel irrigation with polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution? Drs Harris and Kingston answer these questions and present their recommendations for each of the available management options.