title: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Gastric lavage in iron overdose.
abstract: A short cut review was carried out to establish whether gastric lavage is of use after an overdose of ionic compounds. Altogether 74 papers were found using the reported search but none answered the question posed.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teece
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000628:therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium