Effectiveness of Hemodialysis with High-Flux Polysulfone Membrane in the Treatment of Life-Threatening Methanol Intoxication

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Methanol poisoning may result in metabolic acidosis, blindness and death. In this report, we describe a case of life-threatening methanol intoxication in a 44-year-old man who was treated successfully with supportive care, ethanol infusion, folic acid and early hemodialysis with a high-flux polysulfone dialyzer. We conclude that hemodialysis as implemented in this case is a safe and effective approach to the management of methanol poisoning.

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Pseudo-Normal Osmolal and Anion Gaps following Simultaneous Ethanol and Methanol Ingestion

Yosef S Haviv, Dvora Rubinger, Ehud Zamir … (1998)

Methanol, ethylene glycol, and isopropyl alcohol are associated with acute intoxication. The diagnosis is dependent upon high anion-gap metabolic acidosis, and an osmolal gap between the calculated and the measured osmolality. Normal anion gap has been reported in some cases of concomitant methanol and ethanol ingestion, where the high serum levels of ethanol inhibited the metabolism of methanol by alcohol dehydrogenase. The osmolal gap in these cases was higher than expected for methanol, and served as a constant marker for a metabolic derangement. Herewith, we present a patient who presented with normal osmolal and anion gaps 36 h after ethanol and methanol ingestion, yet progressively developing ocular toxicity. Normal anion and osmolal gaps should not rule out earlier methanol poisoning.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151

Title: Nephron

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1660-8151

ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186

Publication date Subscription-year: 2002

Publication date (Print): February 2002

Publication date (Electronic): 30 January 2002

Volume: 90

Issue: 2

Pages: 216-218

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Service of Nephrology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

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Publisher ID: 49046 Other ID: Nephron 2002;90:216–218

DOI: 10.1159/000049046

PubMed ID: 11818709

SO-VID: ea050e8d-ad3b-4ceb-bcc7-30828b884388

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