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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Salicylate Poisoning
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Topics Discussed: salicylate poisoning.
Excerpt: | |  Activated charcoal
| | – Administer 60–100 g orally or via gastric tube, mixed in aqueous slurry – Do not use for comatose or convulsing patients unless it can be given by gastric tube and the airway is protected by a cuffed endotracheal tube – Extra doses of activated charcoal may be needed in patients who ingest more than 10 g of aspirin (desired ratio of charcoal to aspirin: ~10:1 by weight) – Although extra doses cannot always be given as a single dose, they may be administered over the first 24 h in divided doses every 2–4 h along with whole bowel irrigation |
Give glucose-containing fluids to reduce the risk of cerebral hypoglycemia Treat metabolic acidosis with intravenous sodium bicarbonate
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