Compliance with poison center fomepizole recommendations is suboptimal in cases of toxic alcohol poisoning

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 485-489

  Mycyk, Mark B ^a,b,c   DesLauriers, Carol ^b   Metz, Jessica ^b   Wills, Brandon ^b,c,d   Mazor, Suzan S ^b,c,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS POISON CENTER   (United States)

^c Toxikon Consortium   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Fomepizole; Methanol; Poison center; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIDOTE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METHANOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIDOTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PYRAZOLES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751371157     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mjt.0000208878.53856.a5     Document Type: Article

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