Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine

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    Plasma-Exchange Treatment for Severe Carbamazepine Intoxication: A Case Study
    (2014) Kozanoglu, Ilknur; Kahveci, Suat; Asma, Suheyl; Yeral, Mahmut; Noyan, Aytul; Boga, Can; Ozdogu, Hakan; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-1210; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-7976; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9580-628X; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8902-1283; 24136443; AAE-1241-2021; AAI-7831-2021; ABC-4148-2020; AAD-5713-2021; AAD-6222-2021; AAD-5542-2021
    Acute poisoning is an important cause of morbidity and mortality during childhood. This manuscript reports the positive outcome of a pediatric case with a history of accidental carbamazepine intake treated using plasma exchange. A 3-year-old male presented with severe carbamazepine intoxication. He was comatose and had generalized tonic clonic seizure, ventricular tachycardia, and hypotension. Although he did not respond to classical therapies, we performed two sessions of plasma exchange. The patient recovered rapidly and was discharged from the hospital six days from the time of carbamazepine ingestion with no complication or neurologic impairment. Plasma exchange can be performed safely in very small children, and it might be the first line treatment, particularly for intoxication with drugs that have high plasma-protein-binding properties. (C) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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    Red Blood Cell Exchange Followed by Plasma Exchange in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholestasis due to Sickle Cell Disease
    (2016) Buyukkurt, Nurhilal; Kozanoglu, Ilknur; Boga, Can; Ozdogu, Hakan; Yeral, Mahmut; 0000-0002-0895-4787; 0000-0002-5268-1210; 0000-0002-8902-1283; 0000-0002-9580-628X; 0000-0002-9680-1958; AAE-1457-2021; AAE-1241-2021; AAD-6222-2021; AAD-5542-2021; ABC-4148-2020
    Intrahepatic cholestasis, a rare complication of sickle cell anemia, is characterized by marked hyperbilirubinemia, acute hepatic failure, and an often fatal course. In this report, we present patients with homozygous hemoglobin S and one patient with sickle-beta thalassemia disease who have intrahepatic cholestasis. Despite automated red blood cell exchange transfusion, which successfully decreased the hemoglobin S level to less than 30% of total hemoglobin level in the peripheral blood, basic biochemical laboratory examination revealed signs of cholestasis with a serum bilirubin level of up to 50 mg/dL in the first case, 30 mg/dL in the second, and 10 mg/dL in the third. The patients underwent plasma exchange, which improved their clinical condition except one. These cases suggest that plasma exchange may have a role in improving the clinical condition of patients with sickle cell disease complicated with intrahepatic cholestasis (SCIC) that fails to respond to automated red blood cell exchange therapy