title: [Three-fold ethylene glycol poisoning over 3 years--a case report].
abstract: This paper describes a case of now 49-year-old patient with alcohol dependence syndrome, hospitalized three times in the Center of Clinical Toxicology in 2009-2012 due to ethylene glycol poisoning. Twice, the course of poisoning was defined as severe. It was complicated by respiratory failure, severe metabolic acidosis, renal failure, disorders of the central nervous system; once referred to it as a medium, complicated by renal failure. He was treated with ethyl alcohol as an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, hemodialysess and intensive symptomatic and supportive therapy. This paper shows the great effectiveness of early hemodialysis and intensive therapy even in case of multiple and severe intoxication with toxic alcohols.
authors.affiliation: Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Stefana Kardynała Wyszyńskiego, Oddział Anestezjologii i Intensywnej Terapii.
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gardias
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szponar
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kujawa
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Majewska
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drelich
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lewandowska-Stanek
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D019855:Ethylene Glycol / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D019855:Ethylene Glycol