Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Insights(TAPI)

Zeynep CAKIR, Emergency Physician, Professor, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medic, Turkey

Publications

• Research Article   
  Evaluat?on of Basal Metabol?c Panels in Drug Po?son?ng Who Appl?ed W?th Act?vated Charcoal
  Author(s): Abdullah Osman, Omer Faruk GEMIS, Ilker AKBAS and Zeynep CAKIR
  
  Introduction: Poisoning is the hindering of the bodily functions of the organism after it encounters a toxic factor. Poisoning may be the result of suicide attempts, overdose, or adverse effects. Some of these patients require gastrointestinal decontamination. The most commonly used material for this is activated charcoal. Activated charcoal may cause side-effects in the human body. Purpose: This study examines the effects of active charcoal on the basic metabolic panel when used on patients for any reason. Material and Method: This is a retrospective, single-center, and observational study. The subjects of the study are patients that were admitted to the emergency room between 01.01.2012 and 30.07.2017 with various cases of poisoning, and who underwent activated charcoal treatment. The ingested drugs were classifi.. Read More»
  

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