Does ethanol explain the acidosis commonly seen in ethanol-intoxicated patients?

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-166

  Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a,b   Sinert, Richard ^a   Baron, Bonny J ^a   Paladino, Lorenzo ^a   Yadav, Kabir ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Ethanol; Injuries; Lactic acidosis; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MARTES;

EID: 18744381277     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-200053083     Document Type: Article

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