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Table 2 Prevalence of antidote stocking in Lebanese hospitals

From: National study on the adequacy of antidotes stocking in Lebanese hospitals providing emergency care

Antidotes

Hospitals

Percent

Atropine

100

Calcium gluconate

100

Glucose

98.8

Insulin

96.4

Sodium bicarbonate

96.4

Magnesium

95.2

Vitamin K

95.2

Naloxone

94.0

Flumazenil

85.7

Protamine sulfate

85.7

NAC

84.5

Prostigmine

83.3

Methylene blue

79.8

Activated charcoal

76.2

Folic acid

67.9

Pralidoxime

63.1

D50W

54.8

Glucagon

52.4

Hydroxycobalamin

44.0

Calcium chloride

44.0

Ethanol

40.5

Octeotride

32.1

PEG solution

41.7

Leucovorin

31.0

Deferoxamine

22.6

Digoxin immune F

21.4

Isoproterenol

20.2

Pyridoxine

19.0

Cholestyramine

6.0

EDTA

6.0

Sodium nitrate

6.0

Fomepizole

3.6

Sodium thiosulfate

3.6

Dimercaprol

2.4

Cyanide Kit

1.2

  1. PEG polyethylene glycol electrolyte, D50W dextrose 50 % in water, NAC N-acetylcysteine, EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid