title: A case of methanol poisoning leading to prolonged respirator dependency with consequent blindness and irreversible brain damage.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Methanol is a colorless and poisonous liquid that is commonly used as an industrial and household solvent. Methanol poisoning is a rare but extremely hazardous form of in toxication that affects the central nervous system and causes visual disorder, drowsiness, seizures and coma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 29-years-old man with methanol intoxication presented with drowsiness and acidosis with subsequent brain hemorrhage requiring prolong mechanical ventilation resulted in persistent visual impairment and disequilibrium.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with methanol intoxication may be assouated with irreversible brain damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali Asghar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Manuchehri
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Ebrahim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alijanpour
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daghmechi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Naser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghaeminan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Hasan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Abedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Novin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikbakhsh
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Ali Mohammad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ghazi Mir Saeed
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Development Center Shahid Beheshti Hospital Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amani
keywords: Brain hemorrhage; Mechanical ventilation; Methanol intoxication; Vision loss