Methanol levels in methylated spirit drinking alcoholics.
On three different occasions, blood samples sent to this laboratory from the accident and emergency department were found to contain potentially toxic amounts of methanol (30, 34 and 41 mmol/l) during analysis for ethanol by a gas chromatographic method. It is suggested that the simultaneous determination of both alcohols may be clinically important in methylated spirit drinking alcoholics.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000432:Methanol / Q000097:blood* / Q000506:poisoning
D000431:Ethanol; D000432:Methanol