Manuchehri AA, Alijanpour E, Daghmechi M, Ghaeminan N, Abedi SH, Nikbakhsh N, Ghazi Mir Saeed SAM, Amani N. A case of methanol poisoning leading to prolonged respirator dependency with consequent blindness and irreversible brain damage.
Caspian J Intern Med 2015;
6:180-3. [PMID:
26644889 PMCID:
PMC4650797]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Methanol is a colorless and poisonous liquid that is commonly used as an industrial and household solvent. Methanol poisoning is a rare but extremely hazardous form of in toxication that affects the central nervous system and causes visual disorder, drowsiness, seizures and coma.
CASE PRESENTATION
A 29-years-old man with methanol intoxication presented with drowsiness and acidosis with subsequent brain hemorrhage requiring prolong mechanical ventilation resulted in persistent visual impairment and disequilibrium.
CONCLUSION
Prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with methanol intoxication may be assouated with irreversible brain damage.
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