Severe ethylene glycol intoxication mimicking acute basilar artery occlusion

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-173

  Huttner, Hagen B ^a   Berger, Christian ^a   Schwab, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Basilar artery occlusion; Brain edema; Ethylene glycol poisoning; Fomepizole

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ACUTE BASILAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL INTOXICATION; FATALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN EDEMA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 24944436168     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:3:2:171     Document Type: Article

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