Aspirin Poisoning (cont.)
Medical Author:
Hanan Al Hammadi, MD
Coauthor:
Salih Ali Al-Marri, MD, FRFPC
Medical Editor:
Michael D Burg, MD
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Richard Harrigan, MD
IN THIS ARTICLE
Follow-upPeople with acute, single ingestions of non—enteric-coated aspirin of less than 150 mg/kg who have no symptoms and have a nontoxic aspirin level after 6 hours may be released from the hospital. All others with aspirin poisonings will likely be treated in the emergency department, then hospitalized for further treatment and observation.
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