Citation

Burkhart KK, Donovan JW. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 1998; 36(7): 723-725.

Affiliation

Central Pennsylvania Poison Center, Penn State Geisinger Health System, Hershey 17033-0850, USA. kkb3@psu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9865242

Abstract

CASE REPORT: This case report describes a 19-year-old male who ingested a product containing butoxyethanol, propylene glycol, and monoethanolamine. Neurotoxicity, acidosis, and butoxyacetic acid persisted after hemodialysis. Hemodialysis was used to treat the acidosis, but the half-life of butoxyacetic acid did not appear to have been significantly altered. Fomepizole, a recently approved alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor for ethylene glycol intoxication, was not available at the time of this case. Residual neurological deficits persisted after recovery from this severe intoxication by a glycol ether.

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