Successful hemodialysis in a phenytoin overdose: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-64

  Ghannoum, M ^a   Troyanov, S ^b   Ayoub, P ^a   Lavergne, V ^b   Hewlett, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Cape Breton Regional Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Hemoperfusion; Intoxication; Phenytoin; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; CLOBAZAM; FLUMAZENIL; LORAZEPAM; MULTIVITAMIN; PHENYTOIN; THIAMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; SEIZURE; INTOXICATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; THERAPY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; POISONING; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 77954713678     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp74059     Document Type: Article

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