Experience with albumin dialysis in five patients with severe overdoses of paracetamol

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1145-1150

  Koivusalo, Anna Maria ^a,b   Yildirim, Y ^a   Vakkuri, A ^a   Lindgren, L ^a   Hockerstedt K ^a   Isoniemi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Surgical Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Albumin dialysis; Paracetamol overdose

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR ABSORBANT RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0042736760     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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