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Haemodialysis treatment was performed in a comatose infant who was 9 months old. At the beginning of haemodialysis plasma phenobarbital concentration was found to be 120 μg/ml. The constant low flux haemodialysis lowered the plasma phenobarbital concentration to 64.2 μg/ml and haemodialysis was terminated at the end of six hours. The patient recovered fully after haemodialysis session. This case indicates that haemodialysis is an effective and successful treatment method in phenobarbital intoxication also in infancy.
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Söylemezoĝlu, O., Bakkaloĝlu, A., Yiĝit, S. et al. Haemodialysis treatment in phenobarbital intoxication in infancy. International Urology and Nephrology 25, 111–113 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552263
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