TY - CHAP
T1 - Renal Replacement Therapy for Intoxications
AU - de Pont, Anne-Cornélie J. M.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Intoxications are common in emergency medicine. Most of these intoxications involve analgesics, sedatives and cardiovascular drugs. Enhanced elimination of the toxic agent is one of the cornerstones of the management of the intoxicated patient. The use of renal replacement therapy to remove a toxin is justified if there is an indication of severe toxicity and if the total body elimination of the toxin can be increased by 30% or more using this technique. Whether removal of toxins by means of renal replacement therapy is possible, depends on characteristics of the toxin itself and of the elimination technique used. In this chapter, we will give an overview of the indications and techniques for the elimination of toxic agents.
AB - Intoxications are common in emergency medicine. Most of these intoxications involve analgesics, sedatives and cardiovascular drugs. Enhanced elimination of the toxic agent is one of the cornerstones of the management of the intoxicated patient. The use of renal replacement therapy to remove a toxin is justified if there is an indication of severe toxicity and if the total body elimination of the toxin can be increased by 30% or more using this technique. Whether removal of toxins by means of renal replacement therapy is possible, depends on characteristics of the toxin itself and of the elimination technique used. In this chapter, we will give an overview of the indications and techniques for the elimination of toxic agents.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105012674353
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-17389-4_19
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-17389-4_19
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319173887
SN - 9783319173894
T3 - Acute Nephrology for the Critical Care Physician
SP - 245
EP - 253
BT - Acute Nephrology for the Critical Care Physician
PB - Springer International Publishing
CY - New York; Berlin
ER -