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A case of methanol poisoning leading to prolonged respirator dependency with consequent blindness and irreversible brain damage
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نویسنده
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manuchehri a.a. ,alijanpour e. ,daghmechi m. ,ghaeminan n. ,abedi s.h. ,nikbakhsh n. ,ghazi mir saeed s.a. ,amani n.
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منبع
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caspian journal of internal medicine - 2015 - دوره : 6 - شماره : 3 - صفحه:180 -183
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چکیده
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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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کلیدواژه
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Brain hemorrhage; Mechanical ventilation; Methanol intoxication; Vision loss
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آدرس
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babol university of medical sciences, ایران, babol university of medical sciences, ایران, babol university of medical sciences, ایران, babol university of medical sciences, ایران, babol university of medical sciences, ایران, babol university of medical sciences, ایران, babol university of medical sciences, ایران, clinical research development center,shahid beheshti hospital,babol university of medical sciences, ایران
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