Ipecac Use in the Home

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Abstract
The two articles concerning syrup of ipecac in the home (appearing in this issue of Pediatrics) raise and partially answer some questions of importance to pediatricians and poison centers. As is constant in the medical literature, additional questions are raised which provide grist for other studies. It seems unlikely that we will ever run out of questions and completely "solve" the quandries of pediatrics or poisoning. Both studies rely on the telephone management and follow-up of patients. This admittedly results in secondhand data and can never be as good as that which an individual researcher observes. It is, however, "real" in that poison centers and pediatricians operate in this way much of the time.

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