[Plasmapheresis and mushroom poisoning:report of a case of Amanita phalloides poisoning].
A case of amanita phalloides which presented a typical picture of phalloides intossication has been treated at our Centre. The patient was submitted to four treatments of plasmaexchange (Plasmafiltration), exchanging from 70 to 80% of the plasmatic volume and using substitutive liquids 4% albumine and frozen plasma, using as filter Plasmaflo Asahi OP-O5 (1) and Plasmapheresis equipment SIFRA mod. 914. Already after the first treatment there was an improvement of the general condition with a stabilization of the renal and hepatic parameters at the end of the cycle.
Russo
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Istituto Clinica Medica I, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
Giusti
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S
Maurici
M
M
Bosco
M
M
Vitaliano
E
E
Caramiello
M S
MS
Bauco
B
B
De Marco
C M
CM
Marigliano
V
V
D000545:Amanita; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010956:Plasmapheresis