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Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial of multiple and single dose activated charcoal for acute self-poisoning

BACKGROUND: The case fatality for intentional self-poisoning in rural Asia is 10–30 times higher than in the West, mostly due to the use of highly toxic poisons. Activated charcoal is a widely available intervention that may – if given early – bind to poisons in the stomach and prevent their absorpt...

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Autores principales: Eddleston, Michael, Juszczak, Edmund, Buckley, Nick A, Senarathna, Lalith, Mohammed, Fahim, Allen, Stuart, Dissanayake, Wasantha, Hittarage, Ariyasena, Azher, Shifa, Jeganathan, K, Jayamanne, Shaluka, Sheriff, MH Rezvi, Warrell, David A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1885817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17498281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-7-2