Hemoperfusion in Poisoning and Drug Overdose

Fiorenza Ferrari; Miriam Manera; Luigi D'Auria; Silvia De Rosa; Claudio Ronco

doi:10.1159/000526730

Hemoperfusion in Poisoning and Drug Overdose

Contrib Nephrol. 2023:200:218-241. doi: 10.1159/000526730. Epub 2023 Jun 13.

Authors

Fiorenza Ferrari^{1

2}, Miriam Manera³, Luigi D'Auria³, Silvia De Rosa^{2

4}, Claudio Ronco^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
² International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
³ Department of Medical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.

PMID: 37311422
DOI: 10.1159/000526730

Abstract

Hemoperfusion (HP) is an extracorporeal blood purification therapy that is used to remove poisons or drugs from the body. This chapter provides a brief overview of the technical aspects and the potential indications and limitations of HP, with the focus being on the use of HP for acute poisoning cases reported from January 1, 2000, to April 30, 2022.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Drug Overdose* / therapy
Hemofiltration*
Hemoperfusion*
Humans
Renal Dialysis