Introduction Small case series have reported that diabetic ketoacidosis is associated with an
elevated osmolar gap, while no previous studies have assessed the accuracy of calculated …

This monograph summarizes the lessons from the Czech mass methanol poisoning
outbreak with 137 cases and more than 50 deaths, one of the largest methanol “epidemics” …

Purpose: Methanol (CH3OH) is a monohydric alcohol, vastly used both in housekeeping
and industry. Although the acute methanol intoxications are rare, they may include life …

Objective: Yemen prohibits alcohol and some patients take methanol instead and develop
methanol poisoning. We present the visual sequelae of methanol poisoning based on cases …

Background: There is no specific toxicological screening of clinical laboratory parameters in
clinical toxicology when it comes to acute exogenous poisoning. Aim: To determine routine …

Diethylene glycol (DEG) is a solvent responsible for many epidemic poisonings due to its
contamination in pharmaceutical preparations. DEG is metabolized to two main metabolites …

Токсичные спирты, в особенности метиловый спирт, представляют серьезную
опасность при приеме per os. Несмотря на сравнительно низкую токсичность метанола …

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the mortality prediction performances of delta
bicarbonate, delta anion gap, and delta ratio in methanol poisoning (MP) cases. Materials …

A 78-year-old black woman with a history of osteoarthrosis and chronic diffuse joint pain
presents with altered mental status and tachypnea, which began 3 hours earlier. She lives …

We applaud Cohen et al.[1] for attempting to answer the question of how to distinguish toxic
alcohol ingestion from alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA). The short answer is that we cannot–at …