Baclofen-induced neurotoxicity in a patient with end-stage renal disease

Baclofen, predominantly excreted by the kidneys is accumulated in patients with renal insufficiency leading to the central nervous system toxicity. Here the author reports a patient with end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) who developed drowsiness and became unresponsive within...

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Main Author: Hemachandar Radhakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2016;volume=27;issue=3;spage=595;epage=597;aulast=Radhakrishnan