
IBCC Episode 74 - Toxic Alcohols
The Internet Book of Critical Care Podcast
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The Mechanism of Methenal Toxicity
All alcohols will cause classic inebriation or intoxication that people present in the first 30 minutes to 12 hours. Where can we find ethlin glical or methena, ethlinglica, oxalic acid, anti frieze break fluid, household cleaning products, pesticides and industrial solvents? The symptoms you can think about are gastric irritation, nausea, vomiting, stuff like that. Then there's a latent phase where they sober up, and they may look fine. This would be super easy to watch out for when we're doing a lot of hallway medicine. And at least inthe training days, these guys are hanging out in the hall waiting to go
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