Citation

Nzerue CM, Harvey P, Volcy J, Berdzenshvili M. Int. J. Artif. Organs 1999; 22(11): 744-746.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Wichtig Editore)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10612301

Abstract

A 38-year old man presented with drowsiness 14 hours after ingesting about 1200 mls (40 ounces) of antifreeze in a suicide attempt. He was successfully treated with an ethanol enriched, bicarbonate based-dialysate. With a concomitant peripheral intravenous infusion of ethanol, this enrichment of the dialysate helped maintain the intradialytic ethanol concentration between 97-135 mg/dl over an 8 hour dialysis session. The patient developed acute tubular necrosis and required further dialysis. He made a complete recovery after three weeks and was discharged with a serum creatinine of 1.4 mg/dl.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Bicarbonates; Blood Glucose; Dialysis Solutions; Ethanol; Ethylene Glycol; Humans; Male; Phosphorus; Renal Dialysis; Suicide, Attempted