Co-ingestion of methanol and nitromethane: Using falsely elevated creatinine as indicator for methanol antidote use

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 392-393

  Leonard, Charlene P ^b   Akhtar, Javed ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Creatinine; Methanol; Nitromethane; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; CREATININE; METHANOL; NITROMETHANE;

ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34447318906     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000269393.00760.71     Document Type: Article

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