Stricker, Kay H; Takala, Jukka; Hullin, Roger; Ganter, Christoph C (2009). When drugs disappear from the patient: elimination of intravenous medication by hemodiafiltration. Anesthesia and analgesia, 109(5), pp. 1640-3. Hagerstown, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181b9db63
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Twenty-three hours after heart transplantation, life-threatening acute right heart failure was diagnosed in a patient requiring continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF). Increasing doses of catecholamines, sedatives, and muscle relaxants administered through a central venous catheter were ineffective. However, a bolus of epinephrine injected through an alternative catheter provoked a hypertensive crisis. Thus, interference with the central venous infusion by the dialysis catheter was suspected. The catheters were changed, and hemodynamics stabilized at lower catecholamine doses. When the effects of IV drugs are inadequate in patients receiving CVVHDF, interference with adjacent catheters resulting in elimination of the drug by CVVHDF should be suspected.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic of Intensive Care |
UniBE Contributor: |
Stricker, Kay, Takala, Jukka, Ganter, Christoph |
ISSN: |
0003-2999 |
Publisher: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:11 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:21 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181b9db63 |
PubMed ID: |
19843802 |
Web of Science ID: |
000271032500047 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/31285 (FactScience: 195732) |
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