Emergencies in addiction medicine: intoxication with alcohol surrogates

Abstract

The article describes in detail practical measures for acute poisoning with false alcohol surrogates, such as methanol, ethy­lene glycol, and dichloroethane. Important attention has been paid to the pathogenesis and clinical picture of poisonings, as well as the stages and severity of their course. The influence of false alcohol surrogates on various organs and systems is given. Necessary methods of laboratory and instrumental examination of victims, principles of sorting patients, prognosis of poisonings have been described. Treatment measures and their sequence have been listed in detail.

Keywords

• alcohol surrogates
• ethanol
• methanol
• ethylene glycol
• dichloroethane
• lethal synthesis
• antidotes