Treatment of acute methanol intoxication with hemodialysis using an ethanol-enriched, bicarbonate-based dialysate.
A patient poisoned with methanol was successfully hemodialyzed with an ethanol-enriched, bicarbonate-based dialysate. Along with a concomitant intravenous infusion of ethanol, the ethanol-enriched dialytic procedure was able to maintain an intradialytic plasma ethanol level of 80 to 102 mg/dL. The patient recovered without any sequelae of methanol intoxication.
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Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL 60141, USA.
Di Silvestro
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Yung
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Nawab
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Leehey
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D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015312:Hemodialysis Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000432:Methanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D001639:Bicarbonates; D015312:Hemodialysis Solutions; D000431:Ethanol; D000432:Methanol