Successful treatment of propafenone, digoxin and warfarin overdosage with plasma exchange therapy and rifampicin

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 505-508

  Unal, Sule ^a,b   Bayrakci, Benan ^a   Yasar, Umit ^a   Karagoz, Tevfik ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CYTOCHROME P450; DIGOXIN; PROPAFENONE; RIFAMPICIN; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PLASMA PROTEIN BINDING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRADYCARDIA; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIGOXIN; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; OVERDOSE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PROPAFENONE; RIFAMPIN; WARFARIN;

EID: 34250351489     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200727070-00008     Document Type: Article

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