@article{ref1,
title="Trends in gastrointestinal decontamination for deliberate self poisoning in Christchurch",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="1996",
author="Ardagh, M. and Balasingam, A.",
volume="109",
number="1035",
pages="462-463",
abstract="AIM: To examine changes in the choice of gastrointestinal decontamination for deliberate self poisoning in Christchurch. METHOD: A review of adult deliberate self poisoning cases for 9 months from July 1 1995 to March 31 1996 and a comparison with previously published figures from 1989 and 1992. RESULTS: Only 5% of patients received gastric lavage (compared with 26% in 1992 and 78% in 1989) and 52% received activated charcoal (compared with 46% in 1992 and 0.4% in 1989). No patients received syrup of ipecacuanha (compared with 1% in 1992 and 25% in 1989) and 43% had no gastrointestinal decontamination at all. CONCLUSION: The trend towards the use of activated charcoal and away from gastric lavage is consistent with sentiments expressed in the literature.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}