.........................................................................................8 INTRODUCTION................................................................................11 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE...........................................................14 1. Epidemiology of poisonings……………………………………………………...14 2. Management of acute drug poisonings………………………………...………....15 3. Gast...

The guidelines on the indications for gastric lavage were published in 1997, and a less-aggressive initial approach has been used for poisoned patients. Clinical studies have shown that the outcomes of retrieval of residual toxic substances in the stomach are variable and that no beneficial effect is obtained. However, the presence of residual toxic substances in the stomach before gastric lava...

s of all articles located by the search were reviewed. Full-text versions of potentially relevant studies were obtained. Inclusion criteria: 1. Pulmonary TB in children <15 years 2. Original research (not reviews) 3. Evaluated gastric aspiration (GA) or gastric lavage (GL) 4. Compared GA/GL to clinical criteria or to another diagnostic method 5. English language version

A randomized controlled trial has started in Japan to evaluate the efficacy of extensive intraoperative peritoneal lavage in the treatment of resectable advanced gastric cancer. Patients with T3 or deeper carcinoma of the stomach are intraoperatively randomized to either extensive intraoperative peritoneal lavage + arm or extensive intraoperative peritoneal lavage- arm. A total of 300 patients ...

Gastric lavage is a routine procedure done in many cases of poisoning and it has been advocated by many as a lifesaving procedure. There may be some instances, where it might be unnecessary, ineffective or even detrimental to life. A 35 year old man walked into a casualty, 2 hours after having ingested 15 benzodiazepine tablets. Lavage was done by an unqualified person using Ewald's tube, leadi...

It is common practice to try to prevent intestinal absorption of ingested poisons. Controversy continues about the relative effectiveness of charcoal, ipecacuanha, and lavage in salicylate overdose,' but no study has yet compared all three methods. This study of simulated aspirin overdose in volunteers aimed to compare the effectiveness of gastric lavage, emesis induced by ipecacuanha, and acti...