Severe ethylene glycol ingestion treated without hemodialysis

Authors
Boyer, EW Mejia, M Woolf, A Shannon, M
Citation
Ew. Boyer et al., Severe ethylene glycol ingestion treated without hemodialysis, PEDIATRICS, 107(1), 2001, pp. 172-174
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
PEDIATRICS
ISSN journal
00314005 → ACNP
Volume
107
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
172 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4005(200101)107:1<172:SEGITW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Fomepizole (4-methylpyrazole, Antizol) is being increasingly used in the tr eatment of ethylene glycol toxicity in adults. Little experience exists wit h this drug, however, in the pediatric population. We present a case of eth ylene glycol poisoning in a child where use of fomepizole averted intraveno us ethanol infusion and hemodialysis, limited the duration of intensive car e monitoring, and decreased the overall cost of treatment.