Orogastric lavage: a lifesaving procedure now forgotten.

Orogastric lavage has been performed since 200 years ago for intoxicated patients. Due to the risk that outweighs benefits it has fallen out of favour for the last decade. A teenage girl presented to Emergency Department with history of ingestion of a bottle of pesticide within the time frame before...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Premalatha S, Nik Azlan NM, Maryam MF
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2014
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8288/1/10-MS196_%28150-154%29.pdf