CHARCOAL HEMOPERFUSION IN A CHILD WITH VANCOMYCIN OVERDOSE AND CHRONIC-RENAL-FAILURE

Authors
PANZARINO VM FELDSTEIN TJ KASHTAN CE
Citation
Vm. Panzarino et al., CHARCOAL HEMOPERFUSION IN A CHILD WITH VANCOMYCIN OVERDOSE AND CHRONIC-RENAL-FAILURE, Pediatric nephrology, 12(1), 1998, pp. 63-64
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Pediatric nephrology
ISSN journal
0931041X → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
63 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-041X(1998)12:1<63:CHIACW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A 14-month-old girl with chronic renal insufficiency received a massiv e overdose of vancomycin, resulting in worsened renal failure and otot oxicity. We report the use of combined charcoal hemoperfusion and dial ysis to accelerate vancomycin removal in this patient.