Phenobarbital overdose in an eleven-year-old-girl with attempted suicide

Abstract

This report describes a patient with life-threat- ening phenobarbital overdose, treated successfully with hemodialysis, using a high-flux, high-efficiency dialyzer and high blood flow rates. The rapid fall in phenobarbital levels and the dramatic clinical re- sponse noted during the procedure supports this technique as an effective therapy in such patients.

Keywords

• Phenobarbital overdose
• eleven-year-old-girl
• attempted suicide