Besides high-flux hemodialysis and activated charcoal use, what is another proposed treatment for phenytoin toxicity?
Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System (MARS) has been suggested as a potential treatment for phenytoin toxicity
Sen S, Ratnaraj N, Davies NA, Mookerjee RP, Cooper CE, Patsalos PN, Williams R, Jalan R. Treatment of phenytoin toxicity by the molecular adsorbents recirculating system (MARS). Epilepsia. 2003 Feb;44(2):265-7.
Contributed by Rachel Armstrong, MD, PGY3 Emergency Medicine Resident, Jackson Memorial Hospital on behalf of the Florida Poison Information Center Network
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