When a person is seriously poisoned by aspirin or another salicylate, what highly effective procedures may be used to remove the salicylate?
A) gastric lavage and formalin administration
B) esophagoscopy and steroid administration
C) chelation and blood transfusions
D) peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis
D) peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis
Peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis are highly effective in removing salicylates from patients with serious poisoning. Other treatments include inducing emesis, gastric lavage, activated charcoal, osmotic cathartics, artificial ventilation with oxygen, and if convulsions are occurring, administration of diazepam or phenobarbital.
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