Treatment of severe amitriptyline intoxication with plasmapheresis

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-24

  Kolsal, Ebru ^a   Tekin, Ishak Özel ^b   Piskin, Etem ^b   Aydemir, Cumhur ^c   Akyüz, Mehmet ^b   Çabuk, Hasan ^b   Eldes, Nilüfer ^d   Numanoglu, Varim ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Department of Pediatrics   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Intoxication; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QRS COMPLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POISONING; SEIZURES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63249127927     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20185     Document Type: Article

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