Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-7548
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ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
Bennis Nechba Rita
Critical Care Unit, Idrissi Hospital,
Kenitra
Morocco
Letter to Editor
More Reasons to Reduce Indications of Gastric Lavage in Self Poisoning
Author(s): Bennis Nechba RitaBennis Nechba Rita
Recently, gastric lavage (GL) is known to be unnecessary in some circumstances where it used to be performed as a routine [1,2]. The flood of airways is a severe complication of GL [3]. It must be prevented by previous tracheal intubation of patients presenting disturbances of consciousness. However, this intubation doesn’t assure absolute security. In fact an acute lung injury (ALI) may happen during GL linked to malposition of gastric sound into bronchial tube. In this way we report a case of a severe iatrogenic ALI due to the GL.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000126