Severe propylene glycol toxicity secondary to use of anti-epileptics

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pillai, Unnikrishnan ^a   Hothi, Jatinder C ^a   Bhat, Zeenat Y ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

phenobarbiturate; phenytoin; propylene glycol

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRUG SOLVENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; VALPROIC ACID; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BARBITURATE COMA; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CRANIOPLASTY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ACIDOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPLICATION; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ACIDOSIS; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLVENTS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84904256642     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e31824c407d     Document Type: Article

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