Gut decontamination of acutely poisoned patients: what do doctors really know about it?
There are consensus guidelines on the appropriate use of gut decontamination in the management of poisoned patients. This study demonstrates that few doctors have read these guidelines and that they have poor knowledge of the use of gut decontamination, which can be improved with specific clinical toxicology teaching. Future guidelines should be published in journals more widely read by those doctors treating poisoned patients.
Wood
David Michael
DM
Guy's and St Thomas Poisons Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE14 5ER, UK. David.Wood@gstt.nhs.uk
Greene
Shaun L
SL
Jones
Alison Linda
AL
Dargan
Paul Ivor
PI
D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom