Single dose activated charcoal
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Bowel perforation after single-dose activated charcoal.
Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) after medication overdose are often given activated charcoal initially for gastrointestinal decontamination. Complications of charcoal are rare, but do occur. The following case describes a patient with pre-existing undiagnosed diverticular disease who developed sigmoid perforation after a single dose of activated charcoal, given without cath...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Toxicology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1556-9039,1937-6995
DOI: 10.1007/bf03160953