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Pediatric Overdose-Poisoning

Date Last Search Run: Mar 03, 2025
Table last updated: May 02, 2021
Data last added: Dec 02, 2015

Recommendation RECOMMENDATION FOR INTERVENTION
STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE FOR INTERVENTION   SUPPORTIVE (Green) NEUTRAL (Yellow) AGAINST (Red) NOT YET GRADED (White)
1 (strong evidence exists)      
2 (fair evidence exists)    
3 (weak evidence exists)      


Interventions

Activated Charcoal
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference
II Neutral (Yellow) Clinical outcomes Patient ED-MD McFee RB., Caraccio TR., Mofenson HC. Selected tricyclic antidepressant ingestions involving children 6 years old or less. Acad Emerg Med 2001; 8(2):139-44. Medline

Benzodiazepine antagonist (Benzo OD)
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference

NaHCO3
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference

Oxygen
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference


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