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Approach to Acute Poisoning

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History is notoriously unreliable in patients with intentional (suicidal) overdose.

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  1. Department of Emergency & Critical Care, Sri Gokulam Hospitals, Salem, USA

    S. Senthilkumaran MD, Dip A&E, FCCM

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Chennai Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Irungalur, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India

    P. Thirumalaikolandusubramanian MD

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    Suresh S David

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Senthilkumaran, S., Thirumalaikolandusubramanian, P. (2016). Approach to Acute Poisoning. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7_31

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