Factors that trigger emergency physicians to contact a poison centre: findings from a Swiss study

David Schurter; Christine Rauber-Lüthy; Maximilian Jahns; Monika Haberkern; Hugo Kupferschmidt; Aristomenis Exadaktylos; Urs Eriksson; Alessandro Ceschi

doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-132242

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Factors that trigger emergency physicians to contact a poison centre: findings from a Swiss study

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David Schurter Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Department of Internal Medicine, GZO—Zurich Regional Health Center, Wetzikon, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christine Rauber-Lüthy Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maximilian Jahns Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Monika Haberkern Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hugo Kupferschmidt Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aristomenis Exadaktylos Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Urs Eriksson Department of Internal Medicine, GZO—Zurich Regional Health Center, Wetzikon, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alessandro Ceschi Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Alessandro Ceschi, MD, Head, Division of Science, Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Associated Institute of the University of Zurich, Freiestrasse 16, CH-8032 Zurich; Alessandro.Ceschi{at}usz.ch

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Schurter D, Rauber-Lüthy C, Jahns M, et al

Factors that trigger emergency physicians to contact a poison centre: findings from a Swiss study

Postgraduate Medical Journal 2014;90:139-143.

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Received July 5, 2013
Revised November 24, 2013
Accepted December 22, 2013
First published January 17, 2014.

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February 17, 2014

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