
Episode 58: Toxic alcohols with Jerry Snow
Critical Care Scenarios
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The Effects of Methanol on the Neurology of Critical Illness
For a patient like this who was critically ill and let's say from either of both alcohols, if they survive the immediate period, they get treated, they wake up. What's their longer term prognosis? Do you tend to see more prolonged sequela or if they get through this, they're usually okay? Yeah. So it really depends on the toxic alcohol. ethylene glycol is typically broke down into like a CNS phase where they get the nebronation. methanol not only targets the retinase and the eye, it also targets the central nervous system. Some people will even develop in a Parkinsonian state that they won't recover from.
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