Methanol and Ethylene Glycol Intoxication

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 661-711

  Kruse, James A ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Ingestion; Intoxication; Methanol

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHARCOAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; LORAZEPAM; METHANOL; OXALIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ACIDEMIA; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; BLINDNESS; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CRYSTALLURIA; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; INHALATION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG EDEMA; METHANOL POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKIN ABSORPTION; STOMACH LAVAGE; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMANS; METHANOL; NAUSEA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POISONING; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 84866520832     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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