Fomepizole versus ethanol in the treatment of acute methanol poisoning: Comparison of clinical effectiveness in a mass poisoning outbreak

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 797-806

  Zakharov, Sergey ^a   Pelclova, Daniela ^a   Navratil, Tomas ^a,b   Belacek, Jaromir ^a   Komarc, Martin ^a   Eddleston, Michael ^c   Hovda, Knut Erik ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antidote administration; Clinical effectiveness; Hospital treatment; Sequelae of poisoning; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; METHANOL; ANTIDOTE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANION GAP; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEFIBRILLATION; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; EXTENDED DAILY DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHANOL POISONING; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDOTES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISONING; PYRAZOLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939599573     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2015.1059946     Document Type: Article

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