title: Gut decontamination of acutely poisoned patients: what do doctors really know about it?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas Poisons Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE14 5ER, UK. David.Wood@gstt.nhs.uk
authors.forename: David Michael
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Shaun L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Alison Linda
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Paul Ivor
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Dargan
mesh_terms: 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