Safety and efficacy of high-dose fomepizole compared with ethanol as therapy for ethylene glycol intoxication in cats

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-206

  Connally, Heather E ^a   Thrall, Mary Anna ^a,b   Hamar, Dwayne W ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Antidote; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ANTIDOTE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CAT DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; STANDARDS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952793777     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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