Recommendations for the role of extracorporeal treatments in the management of acute methanol poisoning: A systematic review and consensus statement

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 461-472

  Roberts, Darren M ^a,b   Yates, Christopher ^c   Megarbane, Bruno ^d   Winchester, James F ^e   Maclaren, Robert ^f   Gosselin, Sophie ^g   Nolin, Thomas D ^h,i   Lavergne, Valéry ^j   Hoffman, Robert S ^k   Ghannoum, Marc ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Acidosis; Antidotes; Consensus guidelines; Delphi process; Dialysis; Dialyzability; Enhanced elimination; Extracorporeal treatment; Indications; Intoxication; Methanol; Morbidity; Mortality; Poisoning; Systematic review; Triage

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ANTIDOTE; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; METHANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANION GAP; BLOOD PH; COMA; DELPHI STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHANOL POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VISUAL DISORDER; ACIDOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACIDOSIS; ANTIDOTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; METHANOL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84925351776     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000708     Document Type: Review

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