Therapeutic plasma exchange in poisoning: 8 years' experience of a university hospital

DİŞEL N. R. , Akpinar A. A. , SEBE A. , KARAKOÇ E. , SÜRER S., TURHAN F. T. , ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.33, no.10, pp.1391-1395, 2015 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.07.016
  • Title of Journal : AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.1391-1395

Abstract

Introduction and Aim: This study examined the extracorporeal methods for the elimination of toxic substances in poisoned patients that are used by clinicians taking care of such patients. Here we present our experience in the use of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE). To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest number of poisoning cases ever reported in a study.