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[Acute toxic exposure in children: an overview]

Fábio Bucaretchi1, Emílio C E Baracat

  • 1Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP. bucaret@fcm.unicamp.br

Jornal De Pediatria
|December 16, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Routine gastrointestinal decontamination and multiple-dose activated charcoal are not supported by evidence for acute toxic exposures in children. Specific antidotes like fomepizole and octreotide show promise for certain poisonings.

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