The use of therapeutic plasmapheresis in the treatment of poisoned and snake bite victims: An academic emergency department's experiences

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-223

  Yildirim, Cuma ^a,b   Bayraktaroǧlu, Ziya ^a   Gunay, Nurullah ^a   Bozkurt, Selim ^a   Köse, Ataman ^a   Yilmaz, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drug poisoning; Plasmapheresis; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALBUMIN; BIPYRIDINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PHENYTOIN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTOXICATION; MALE; MUSHROOM POISONING; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; SNAKEBITE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSHROOM POISONING; PHENYTOIN; PLASMAPHERESIS; POISONING; PYRIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 33845940436     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20094     Document Type: Article

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