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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Halifax Infirmary, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Nancy G. Murphy & Caitlin Wolfe

  2. Atlantic Canada Poison Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Nancy G. Murphy & Caitlin Wolfe

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Kevin M. Durr

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Murphy, N.G., Durr, K.M. & Wolfe, C. Just the facts: whole bowel irrigation. Can J Emerg Med 25, 796–798 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00569-0

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