Extracorporeal treatment of intoxications

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 668-673

  De Pont, Anne Cornélie J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Hemofiltration; Hemoperfusion; Intoxication; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAMPHOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; METFORMIN; METHANOL; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOFILTRATION; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIVER SUPPORT; MUSHROOM; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DRUG TOXICITY; HEMOFILTRATION; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMANS; POISONING; POISONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 35848970744     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f0febd     Document Type: Review

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