The hazards of gastric lavage for intentional self-poisoning in a resource poor location
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Eddleston, Michael; Haggalla, Sapumal; Reginald, K; Sudarshan, K; Senthilkumaran, M; Karalliedde, Lakshman; Ariaratnam, Ariaranee; Sheriff, M H Rezvi; Warrell, David; Buckley, Nicholas
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Objective. The 10-20% case fatality found with self-poisoning in the developing world differs markedly from the 0.5% found in the West. This may explain in part why the recent movement away from the use of gastric lavage in the West has not been followed
| Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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| Date published: | 2007 |
| Type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/27586 |
| Source: | Clinical Toxicology (Informa Healthcare) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15563650601006009 |
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