RT Book, Section
A1 Smith, Silas W.
A1 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1108421280
T1 Antidotes in Depth
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071801843
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108421280
RD 2024/04/20
AB Activated  charcoal  (AC)  is  an  excellent  nonspecific  adsorbent.  Understanding  AC's  role  in  poison  management  is  established  by  the  integration  of  pharmacologic  data,  controlled  volunteer  trials,  studies  in  heterogeneous  patients  with  overdose  or  poisoning,  and  clinical  experience.24  AC  should  be  considered  for  a  poisoned  or  overdosed  patient  after  a  risk-to-benefit  assessment  of  the  presumed  ingested  substance  and  patient-specific  factors  and  circumstances.11  Benefits  include  preventing  absorption  or  enterohepatic  recirculation  of  a  potentially  toxic  xenobiotic;  risks  include  vomiting  and  subsequent  aspiration  pneumonitis.  A  detailed  discussion  of  the  merits  of  AC  as  a  decontamination  strategy  is  presented  in  Chap.  8.