Haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, haemoperfusion, exchange transfusion and forced diuresis have all been used in attempts to increase the rate of removal of drugs and poisons. However, the amount of active drug removed is often disappointingly small, and the indications for the use of such measures is very limited. Nevertheless, poisoned patients are often unnecessarily subjected [...]
Gastric Aspiration and Lavage Although unabsorbed drug in the stomach may be removed by gastric aspiration and lavage its usefulness in practice has been seriously questioned (Proudfoot 1984). Most drugs and poisons seem to be absorbed rapidly and this technique is unlikely to be productive more than 4 hours after ingestion, unless gastric emptying has [...]
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