BACKGROUND Mass poisonings with methanol are rare but occur regularly both in developed and in developing countries. Data from the poisoning episodes are often published, but follow-up-data is scarce. We therefore conducted a six year follow-up study after the large methanol outbreak in Estonia in September 2001. METHODS Surviving victims from the outbreak were contacted and invited to an int...

Abstrsct—An enzyme system capable of oxidizing both methanol and ethanol in the 0 presence of DPN was purified almost nine ty-fold from the liver of the rhesus monkey. Data for theK, values for the two alcohols and DPN and for the R values in the presence of some inhibitors are presented. The enzyme ap rs to be identical to liver alcohol hydrogenase AD 1. Eihlili competitively inhibited the oxi...

Methanol poisoning continues to be a serious problem in Iran; however, there is not yet any report of the prevalence of methanol intoxication. This report is a descriptive study of methanol intoxication in Iran. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 51 patients with methanol intoxication who were admitted to Noor Hospital affiliated with Isfahan University of Medical Science (Isfahan, Iran...

Background: Toxic alcohol poisonings are responsible for high mortality and morbidity in Russia. This study was aimed to evaluate the trends of harmful ethanol (EtOH) drinking as well as methanol (MeOH), isopropanol (IPA) and ethylene glycol (EG) poisonings in the Middle Urals region of Russia. Methods: In this retrospective study, the medical records of patients poisoned with MeOH, IPA and EG ...

In this study, TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) were synthesized via a hydrothermal method using highly concentrated NaOH solutions varying from 6 to 12 M at 180 °C for 48 h. The effects of the NaOH concentration and the TNT crystal structure on the performance for methanol oxidation were investigated to determine the best catalyst support for Pt-based catalysts. The results showed that TNTs produced with...

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ABSTRACT Methanol poisoning is a serious problem due to its high mortality and revalence of health sequelae among survivors. Death from methanol has been reported in 8-36% permanent vision loss observed 20- 0% acute trauma Formic acid that builds up the optic nerve can disrupt visual system cause neuropathy. Vision painless usually occurs both eyes within one three days. This Systematic Review ...

We report the case of a girl admitted to the emergency room with a history of four hours' acute illness, characterized by nausea, vomiting, salivation, headache, blurred vision, and acidotic "Kussmaul" breathing. Arterial blood gases showed severe mixed acidosis, metabolic and respiratory with high anion gap. She had ingested the contents of a scent bottle containing methanol, which she thought...

The aim of this retrospective observational case series was to determine electrocardiographic (ECG) manifestations in patients poisoned with methanol and see whether they could predict mortality. We also wanted to see whether there was an association between ECG changes and time elapsed between ingestion and treatment, age, sex, seizure, coma (Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8), arterial blood gas (ABG) pa...

BACKGROUND Many outbreaks of methyl alcohol poisoning have been reported from India. Early and aggressive management with bicarbonate, ethanol and hemodialysis in patients having significant toxicity will decrease mortality and improve patient's outcome. Our experience of retro bulbar steroid injection indicates that it may improve visual outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hospital based study of...