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7273670

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacy of gastric lavage as it is practiced in a major metropolitan hospital was evaluated. From a population of 76 patients with chemical evidence of sedative-hypnotic drugs in the blood, two or more therapeutic doses were recovered from 15.8% of the lavage samples, and 10 or more therapeutic doses were recovered from 6.6%. In a population consisting of patients with detectable quantities of drugs in the lavage sample, diazepam and amitriptyline are more adequately recovered than the sedative-hypnotic drugs. Very poor recoveries were obtained in patients lavaged more than 2 h after ingestion except in cases of amitriptyline overdose or massive sedative-hypnotic ingestion. The study indicates that inadequate criteria are employed in selecting patients most likely to benefit from lavage. Dose, time since ingestion, and symptomatology are discussed as criteria for selection of patients for lavage.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0009-9309
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
581-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Studies on the efficacy of gastric lavage as practiced in a large metropolitan hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.