Charcoal hemoperfusion in a child with vancomycin overdose and chronic renal failure.
A 14-month-old girl with chronic renal insufficiency received a massive overdose of vancomycin, resulting in worsened renal failure and ototoxicity. We report the use of combined charcoal hemoperfusion and dialysis to accelerate vancomycin removal in this patient.
Panzarino
V M
VM
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
Feldstein
T J
TJ
Kashtan
C E
CE
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002606:Charcoal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006464:Hemoperfusion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000931:Antidotes; D002606:Charcoal; D014640:Vancomycin