The hazards of
gastric lavage for intentional self-poisoning in a resource poor location.
Medical management, including
gastric lavage, was performed in wild swans (Cygnus species), (27) staged endoscopic intervention in a gyrfalcon, (18) and surgical intervention was performed in several other bird species.
(22,23) In a study by Mishra and colleagues in 1969, they investigated 555 clinical specimens such as sputum, BAL, and
gastric lavage by paraffin baiting technique and found results of 10, 1 and 1 respectively for Nocardia spp.
(7.) Salen, P, Shih R, Sierzenski P, Reed J Effect of Physostigmine and
Gastric Lavage in a Datura Stramonium-induced anticholinergic poisoning epidemic.
Looking at the almost universal practice [11] of prophylactic
gastric lavage in neonates delivered with MSL and its recommendation by pediatric textbooks [12-15], despite negligible scientific evidence and evidence-based recommendations, this study was designed with the objective of determining if
gastric lavage in well babies with MSL led to the development of less feed intolerance as compared to those who were not subjected to this procedure.
There has been a marked shift away from active gut decontamination, such as induction of vomiting,
gastric lavage or administering activated charcoal; more emphasis is now placed on supportive care.
Aspiration, forced diuresis,
gastric lavage and oral active charcoal were administered.
Position paper:
gastric lavage. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol.
After orotracheal intubation with a cuffed tube, mechanical ventilation was initiated and
gastric lavage samples sent for toxicological analysis.
The patient was prepared by
gastric lavage and was fed with peptone retention enemas.
She underwent
gastric lavage (stomach "pumping") in the ER and received aggressive IV fluids.