Methanol poisoning: Predictors of visual outcomes

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 358-364

  Desai, Tejas ^a   Sudhalkar, Aditya ^b   Vyas, Usha ^a   Khamar, Bakulesh ^c  

^a Nagri Eye Hospital   (India)

^b Retinal Laser Centre   (India)

^c M and J Institute of Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANION; BICARBONATE; METHANOL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHANOL POISONING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; BICARBONATES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875185277     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.1463     Document Type: Article

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