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Charcoal hemoperfusion in a child with vancomycin overdose and chronic renal failure

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A 14-month-old girl with chronic renal insufficiency received a massive overdose of vancomycin, resulting in worsened renal failure and ototoxicity. We report the use of combined charcoal hemoperfusion and dialysis to accelerate vancomycin removal in this patient.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, USA

    Valerie M. Panzarino & Clifford E. Kashtan

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Health Care – Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, USA

    Thomas J. Feldstein

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Received January 29, 1997; received in revised form and accepted June 27, 1997

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Panzarino, V., Feldstein, T. & Kashtan, C. Charcoal hemoperfusion in a child with vancomycin overdose and chronic renal failure. Pediatr Nephrol 12, 63–64 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050405

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