What are the adverse effects of ethanol used as an antidote in the treatment of suspected methanol poisoning in children?

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-161

  Roy, Michel ^a   Bailey, Benoit ^a   Chalut, Dominic ^b   Senécal, Pierre Etienne ^b   Gaudreault, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Child; Ethanol; Methanol; Poisoning; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDOTE; METHANOL; RANITIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GASTRITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHANOL POISONING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037273181     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120019131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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