Lynn K L, Buttimore A L, Begg E J, Gordon G S
Dialysis Services, Christchurch Hospital.
N Z Med J. 1988 Jan 27;101(838):4-5.
Two patients who had taken overdoses of theophylline were treated initially with oral activated charcoal. Owing to continued toxic plasma levels of theophylline, haemoperfusion was used to reduce rapidly theophylline levels. Both patients recovered rapidly.