Diagnosis of toxic alcohols: Limitations of present methods

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 589-595

  Kraut, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Fomepizole; Methanol; Propylene glycol; Serum anion gap; Serum osmolal gap; Toxic alcohols

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METHANOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; 4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANION GAP; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GAS; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; OSMOL GAP; OSMOLARITY AND OSMOLALITY; REVIEW; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SERUM OSMOLARITY; ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; BLOOD; OSMOLARITY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ALCOHOLS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; HUMANS; METHANOL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PYRAZOLES;

EID: 84938588578     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2015.1056880     Document Type: Review

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