Combined use of plasmapheresis and antidigoxin antibodies in a patient with severe digoxin intoxication and acute renal failure

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 257-258

  Santos Araújo, Carla ^a   Campos, Martins ^a   Gavina, Cristina ^a   Rocha Goncalves F ^a   Pestana, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Digitalis intoxication; Plasmapheresis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMATOSE PATIENT; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBODIES; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 33845969881     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl482     Document Type: Article

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