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From: Simon Carley <[log in to unmask]>
To: acadae messages <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 10 February 1999 17:06
Subject: Re: GHB overdose
>I am sure that it would prejudice your publication prospects to ask if you:
>1. Watch and wait (with a low GCS i.e.<8).
>OR
>2. Do what we do for all other OD's with a low GCS and secure the airway as
>the airway protective reflexes will be impaired.
>
>Despite reading the papers in Annals I am yet to be convinved that option 1
>is really the safe way to go. They found that people who were intubated
took
>longer to recover (not surprising) but it just seems the safe thing to do
to
>me. However, as I said in my original post I am interested to hear from
>anyone who has followed the conservative approach.
Wasn't there a case in the paper of a woman who took ecstasy and sued the
hospital for not treating her aggresively enough?
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