title: [Extracorporeal treatment of poisoning. An analysis of 72 consecutive cases from the period 1977-1988].
abstract: During a period of 12 years, extracorporeal treatment of 72 cases of poisoning in the form af dialysis and/or haemoperfusion was undertaken in Medical Department C of Arhus Municipal Hospital. Where 54 patients were concerned, the causes of poisoning were medicinal. Eleven cases were caused by ethyl alcohol, six were caused by technical poisons and one by cantharidine which is employed in veterinary medicine. In 50 cases the primary indication for extracorporeal treatment was elimination of the drug or other poison. In the remaining 22 cases the indication was acute renal failure. The total mortality was 4%.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis
vernacular_title: Ekstrakorporal forgiftningsbehandling. En analyse af 72 konsekutive tilfaelde fra perioden 1977-1988.