Changes in Arterial Oxygen Tension after Gastric Lavage for Drug Overdose
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human & Experimental Toxicology
- Vol. 10 (3) , 221-224
- https://doi.org/10.1177/096032719101000312
Abstract
1 Changes in arterial oxygen tension after gastric lavage were investigated in a prospective study of 55 patients admitted for drug overdose. 2 A significantly greater decrease was observed in smokers compared to non-smokers. 3 A correlation was found between the tricyclic antidepressant serum level and the observed oxygen tension decrease. 4 The usefulness, as well as the safety of the lavage procedure, in managing tricyclic antidepressants overdoses is controversial.Keywords
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