Intensive Hemodiafiltration Successfully Removes Ganciclovir Overdose and Largely Exceeds Reported Elimination During Hemodialysis-A Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Verena Gotta (Author), Anne Leuppi-Taegtmeyer (Author), Mirjam Gessler (Author), Marc Pfister (Author), Daniel Müller (Author), Andreas Werner Jehle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present the case of a kidney transplant patient (Cockroft-Gault estimated creatinine clearance 14 ml/min) who was inadvertently eight-fold overdosed with a single dose of 500 mg intravenous ganciclovir. To prevent the immunosuppressed patient from being exposed to severe risks of prolonged gancic...