background: poisoning, a common worldwide problem, seeks its own treatments to improve, especially by the forthcoming evidence based medicine (ebm). charcoal/sorbitol slurry (css) administration is one of these methods with great debates around it which needs to be investigated more. methods: in this clinical trial, 105 cases of benzodiazepine toxicity with at least 3 symptoms and no contraindi...

Update of position papers on gastrointestinal decontamination for acute overdose E. Martin Caravati & Bruno Mégarbane To cite this article: E. Martin Caravati & Bruno Mégarbane (2013) Update of position papers on gastrointestinal decontamination for acute overdose, Clinical Toxicology, 51:3, 127-127, DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2013.772625 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2...

The microbial ecology in the human digestive tract is diverse and here environmental triggers, immune signals and genetic susceptibility can affect the human host’s response to infection [1]. Selective decontamination has emerged as a potential treatment for patients at high risk of infection such as those; in the critical care environments, undergoing invasive surgical operations, or with sign...

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...

Procedures for total and selective gastrointestinal decontamination of dogs are described. The selective procedure removed only Gram negative aerobic bacteria, yeast and fungi. Dogs receiving total decontamination were less susceptible to the GI syndrome following total body irradiation (TBI) than dogs receiving conventional care. After TBI and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, serum albu...

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...

doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2 The various techniques that can be used to achieve gastrointestinal decontamination have been reviewed in position statements sponsored by the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists. Although the indications have been presented, clinicians still have some latitude as to whether they should use them o...

Decontamination is the removal or reduction of chemical, biologic, or radiologic agents from the patient's skin, mucosa, lungs, and gastrointestinal tract. Decontamination is an important step in decreasing the clinical effects of the agent on the patient, as well as protecting coworkers from exposure. For most agents and the vast majority of scenarios, the removal of clothing and a simple 5- t...