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Gabapentin‐induced coma in a patient with renal failure
Author(s) -
DOGUKAN Ayhan,
AYGEN Bilge,
BERILGEN Muhammed S.,
DAG Sait,
BEKTAS Sevim,
GUNAL Ali İ.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
hemodialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.658
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1542-4758
pISSN - 1492-7535
DOI - 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2006.00089.x
Subject(s) - gabapentin , medicine , hemodialysis , coma (optics) , toxicity , altered mental status , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , surgery , pediatrics , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics
We describe a 60‐year‐old woman who became comatose after a single dose of gabapentin for right‐sided sciatalgia. The patient was improved by hemodialysis. Gabapentin toxicity should be considered when mental status changes develop in patients with renal failure after even a single dose.