Isopropyl alcohol ingestion presenting as pseudorenal failure due to acetone interference

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 867-869

  Adla, Mahathi R ^a,b   Gonzalez Paoli, Julio A ^a   Rifkin, Stephen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MDC 19 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acetone interference; Acute renal failure; Colorimetric assay; Isopropyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; 4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ACETONE; CREATININE; OPIATE; SOLVENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KETONURIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SERUM OSMOLALITY; STUPOR; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 68849094212     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ac12f1     Document Type: Article

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