title: [Ethylene glycol poisoning--a case report].
abstract: In a female alcoholic the fatal results of an ethylene glycol intoxication is described. The alcoholic had drunk circa 200ml of ethylene glycol (freezing preventive remedy glysantin) as a substitute. Despite early beginning intensive-medical care the fatal course could not be prevented. It is referred to the therapy by means of 4-methyl pyrazol which prevents the intoxication of ethylene glycol, whereby this substance in an effective inhibitor of the alcohol dehydrogenase.
authors: Abteilung für Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Kreiskrankenhauses Wolfen.
authors: E A
authors: EA
authors: Lux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001002:Anuria / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000628:therapy*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000139:chemically induced*; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005026:Ethylene Glycols; D019855:Ethylene Glycol
vernacular_title: Ethylenglycol-Intoxikation--eine Kasuistik.