title: Best evidence topic reports. Gastric lavage in paracetamol poisoning.
abstract: A short cut review was carried out to establish whether gastric lavage is better than activated charcoal in cases of poisoning with paracetamol. Altogether 63 papers were found using the reported search, of which four presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teece
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hogg
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000506:poisoning*; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000506:poisoning*; D002606:Charcoal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D002606:Charcoal; D000082:Acetaminophen