RESIDUAL GASTRIC-CONTENT AFTER GASTRIC LAVAGE AND IPECACUANHA-INDUCED EMESIS IN SELF-POISONED PATIENTS - AN ENDOSCOPIC STUDY

被引:40
作者
SAETTA, JP
QUINTON, DN
机构
[1] Accident ↦ Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Close
关键词
SELF-POISONING; GASTRIC LAVAGE; INDUCED-EMESIS; FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPY;
D O I
10.1177/014107689108400113
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Flexible endoscopy was used to assess the intragastric residue after either ipecacuanha-induced emesis or gastric lavage in 30 self-poisoned patients. Of the 13 patients treated by induced-emesis, five (38.5%) had residual solid in the stomach; 17 patients were treated by gastric washout, and 15 (88.2%) of these had residual intragastric solid. The study provides direct evidence that the gastric decontaminating procedures employed, and especially gastric lavage, do not remove stomach contents completely. © 1991, The Royal Society of Medicine. All rights reserved.
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