id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-265848-afkeuwup nan Chapter 2 Emergency Management of Poisoning 2007-12-31 .txt text/plain 27412 1589 39 With the use of drugs having a short duration of action, RSI also is advantageous because it is a measure that permits temporary airway control for the patient with mildly compromised airway reflexes who requires gastrointestinal decontamination (lavage followed by activated charcoal administration) but who does not require prolonged intubation. The management of gastrointestinal disturbance in the toxic patient includes following the general principles of blood, fluid, and electrolyte resuscitation, when indicated; judicious use of parenteral antiemetics to control persistent vomiting; specific measures such as antidotal therapy (e.g., in iron or organophosphate poisoning); or interventional therapy, such as charcoal hemoperfusion (in theophylline overdose) or hemodialysis (in lithium overdose), when indicated. ./cache/cord-265848-afkeuwup.txt ./txt/cord-265848-afkeuwup.txt