Gastric lavage, also commonly called stomach pumping or gastric irrigation, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. It has been used for over 200 years as a means of eliminating poisons from the stomach. Such devices are normally used on a person who has ingested a poison or overdosed on a drug such as alcohol. They may also be...
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(from the article `gastroenterology`) A major advance in treatment in the 19th century was the use of gastric lavage (washing out of the stomach) to treat stomach poisoning; this became a ...
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<procedure> A procedure used to empty the stomach of its contents. Performed using a flexible rubber tube that is passed through the mouth and advanced to the stomach. ... This procedure includes the instillation of a balanced salt solution into the stomach (via the tube) followed by suctioning the fluid out of the stomach. An effective proce...
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irrigation of the stomach when poisoning or bleeding is suspected, or to remove ingested toxins before they enter the blood stream
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n] - washing out the stomach with sterile water or a salt-water solution
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gastric lavage A procedure used to remove the contents of the stomach, as for example after ingestion of a toxic substance.
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washing out of the stomach with water, often to treat poisoning; commonly called 'stomach pumping'
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noun washing out the stomach with sterile water or a saltwater solution; removes blood or poisons; `when the doctor ordered a gastric lavage the hospital pumped out my stomach`
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