title: Effectivity of one session charcoal hemoperfusion treatment in severe carbamazepine poisoning.
abstract: A carbamazepine intoxication with suicide attempt is a relatively common clinical problem that presenting with coma, respiratory depression, arrhythmia, hemodynamic instability and even death. We report a case of severe carbamazepine poisoning that was successfully treated with one session charcoal hemoperfusion. On admission, the patient was comatose and required ventilator support. Hemoperfusion with coated activated charcoal successfully decreased the serum carbamazepine concentration from 45 µg mL(-1) to 21 µg mL(-1) within 2 h, with subsequent clinical improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Isik
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, State Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Lokman
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soyoral
authors.affiliation: Department of EmergencFaculty, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevdegul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karadas
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Emre
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammed Bilal
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Cegin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Goktas
keywords: Carbamazepine; Hemoperfusion; Toxicity