The Use of Gastric Lavage in India for Poisoned Patients

Sassan Naderi^1*, Payal Sud¹, John Acerra², Salvatore Pardo¹, Jason Z D’Amore², Mary Frances Ward², Maxwell Mathias², Kathryn Miele², Rahela Aziz-Bose² and Kumar Alagappan¹

¹Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 270-0576th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY, USA

²North Shore University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Dr. Sassan Naderi, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 270-0576th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY, USA, Tel: 718- 470-7061 Email:

Keywords: Gastric Lavage; India; Poisoning; Toxic Ingestion; Toxicology

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