Severe Methanol Poisoning with Supralethal Serum Formate Concentration: A Case Report
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Severe Methanol Poisoning with Supralethal Serum Formate Concentration: A Case Report
OBJECTIVE To present a case of survival without visual and central nervous system sequelae at a formate concentration of twice the reported lethal level. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION This was a case of a 33-year-old man who ingested 1 liter of a toxic mixture of methanol and ethanol. Upon admission, he presented with anxiety, tachycardia and hypertension and had a serum formate leve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Principles and Practice
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1011-7571,1423-0151
DOI: 10.1159/000439350