Extracorporeal treatment in the management of acute poisoning: What an intensivist should know?

Extracorporeal treatment (ECTR) represents a treatment modality promoting removal of endogenous or exogenous poisons and supporting or temporarily replacing a vital organ. This article aims to provide a brief overview of the technical aspects and the potential indications and limitations of the diff...

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Published inIndian journal of critical care medicine Vol. 22; no. 12; pp. 862 - 869
Main Authors Jha, Vijoy, Padmaprakash, K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.12.2018
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Subjects
Care and treatment
Charcoal
Hazardous materials
Hemodialysis
Membranes
Metabolism
Patients
Poisoning
Proteins
Review
Solvents
extracorporeal treatment
End-stage kidney disease
intermittent hemodialysis
hemoperfusion
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Summary:Extracorporeal treatment (ECTR) represents a treatment modality promoting removal of endogenous or exogenous poisons and supporting or temporarily replacing a vital organ. This article aims to provide a brief overview of the technical aspects and the potential indications and limitations of the different ECTRs, highlighting the important characteristics of poison amenable to ECTR and the most appropriate prescriptions used in the setting of acute poisoning. The various principles that govern poison elimination by ECTR (diffusion, convection, adsorption, and centrifugation) and how components of the ECTR can be adjusted to maximize clearance have also being discussed.
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ISSN:0972-5229
1998-359X
DOI:10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_425_18