Pharmacokinetics of phenobarbital during certain enhanced elimination modalities to evaluate their clinical efficacy in management of drug overdose

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-216

  Mohammed Ebid, Abdel Hameed I ^a   Abdel Rahman, Hana'a M ^b  

^a Helwan   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Drug overdose; Enhanced elimination modalities; Pharmacokinetics; Phenobarbital

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHARCOAL; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PHENOBARBITAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0035021126     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200106000-00005     Document Type: Article

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