Treatment of acute methanol intoxication with hemodialysis using an ethanol-enriched, bicarbonate-based dialysate

Am J Kidney Dis. 1997 Oct;30(4):568-70. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90318-8.

Abstract

A patient poisoned with methanol was successfully hemodialyzed with an ethanol-enriched, bicarbonate-based dialysate. Along with a concomitant intravenous infusion of ethanol, the ethanol-enriched dialytic procedure was able to maintain an intradialytic plasma ethanol level of 80 to 102 mg/dL. The patient recovered without any sequelae of methanol intoxication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bicarbonates* / administration & dosage
  • Ethanol* / administration & dosage
  • Hemodialysis Solutions / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methanol / poisoning*
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis*

Substances

  • Bicarbonates
  • Hemodialysis Solutions
  • Ethanol
  • Methanol