An Extracorporeal Device to Treat Barbiturate Poisoning

11 July 1966

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 197 (2) , 118-120
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1966.03110020106033

Abstract

Each year in the United States there are more than 2,000 deaths due to barbiturates, accounting for more than 7% of all suicides.¹Furthermore, in spite of all the new, potentially lethal pharmaceuticals introduced, barbiturates have been responsible for an increasing proportion of attempted suicides. This trend has been most marked in the last five years. When one considers that an estimated 7% of barbiturate suicide attempts are fatal²the incidence of barbiturate poisonings is apparently quite high. Several methods have been developed to treat the patient who is prostrated from an overdose of sleeping pills. These range from supportive therapy,³water diuresis,⁴alkaline diuresis,^5-7alkaline or protein peritoneal dialysis,⁸to hemodialysis.^9-11Although these methods are all applicable, a method of treatment more accessible, more rapid, and more economic would be desirable. In the past, most investigations with resins have been concerned with

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