Title of article
Successful Treatment of Severe Metabolic Acidosis Due to Acute Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning With Peritoneal Dialysis A Report of 2 Cases
Author/Authors
Bashardoust, Bahman Department of Internal Medicine - Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran , Farzaneh, Esmaeil Department of Internal Medicine - Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran , Habibzadeh, Afshin Department of Internal Medicine - Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran , Seyyed Sadeghi, Mir Salim Department of Surgery - Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Pages
3
From page
165
To page
167
Abstract
Aluminum phosphide poisoning is common in our region. It can
cause severe metabolic acidosis and persistent hypotension, which
lead to cardiogenic shock and subsequently mortality. Oliguric
or anuric acute kidney injury is seen in almost all patients with
aluminum phosphide poisoning. Renal replacement therapies are
recommended in these patients to improve metabolic acidosis
and increase the rate of survival. We report 2 cases of severe
acute aluminum phosphide poisoning treated successfully with
peritoneal dialysis.
Keywords
peritoneal dialysis , poisoning , aluminum phosphide
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases (IJKD)
Serial Year
2017
Record number
2517742
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