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Re: Treatment of Accidental Intrathecal Methotrexate Overdose
Affiliation of authors: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Correspondence to: Dr. Sophie Gosselin, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Level 5 Clinical Sciences Building, Waratah, NSW 2298, Australia (e-mail: sophie.gosselin@mcgill.ca).
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Widemann et al. (1) presented data on the use of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) exchange to remove methotrexate before carboxypeptidase G2 (CPDG2) administration among patients who had an accidental intrathecal methotrexate overdose. They reported that CSF drainage removed 32%58% of the methotrexate dose. Although they showed the percent decreases in CSF
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