| Literature DB >> 2334164 |
T H Kramer1, G G Gaar, C G Ray, L Minnich, J G Copeland, J D Connor.
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A patient with an implanted artificial heart, acute, anuric renal failure, and disseminated influenza virus type A infection received intravenous ribavirin. Drug elimination by hemodialysis was measured. Plasma dialysis clearance averaged 93.9 +/- 8.6 ml/min. The maximum amount of ribavirin removed from the body during one period of hemodialysis was 79.1 mg. Ribavirin is not removed in important quantities by hemodialysis.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2334164 PMCID: PMC171624 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.34.3.489
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191