Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2016
A 17-year-old girl has attempted to commit suicide by overdosing on phenobarbital. Upon arrival at the site an emergency doctor urgently performed gastric lavage on the patient and introduced bemegride and solution of sodium hydrocarbonate intravenously. The doctor introduced sodium hydrocarbonate to:
Answer options
- Normalise blood pressure
- Inactivate phenobarbital
- Stimulate respiration
- Increase renal excretion of phenobarbital
- Wake up the patient
Correct answer
Increase renal excretion of phenobarbital
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