Advances in the Hemodialysis Management of Phenobarbital Overdose

摘要: When a comatose man requiring ventilatory support for acute ingestion of phenobarbital was admitted to the University Utah Hospital, he managed by multispecialty team, which included nephrologist and clinical pharmacologist. Since patient could not be moved dialysis unit, mobile machine used. A negative-pressure adapter used in conjunction with batch-type create single-pass dialysate delivery system. Blood delivered dialyzer returned through bilateral femoral catheters that had been placed percutaneously. Pharmacokinetic studies were performed compared disappearance conservative measures alone after awakened discontinued.