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OBJECTIVE To define the role of gastrointestinal (GI) decontamination of the poisoned patient. DATA SOURCES A computer-based PubMed/MEDLINE search of the literature on GI decontamination in the poisoned patient with cross referencing of sources. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION Clinical, animal and in vitro studies were reviewed for clinical relevance to GI decontamination of the poisone...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0733-8627
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2005.08.012