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Intoxicación con metanol - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Intoxicación con alcohol de madera

Definición:

Es un tipo de alcohol no apto para el consumo humano que se utiliza para propósitos industriales y automotrices. Este artículo aborda la intoxicación por una sobredosis de metanol.

Elemento tóxico:

Alcohol metílico

Dónde se encuentra:

  • Anticongelante
  • Fuentes de calentamiento enlatadas
  • Líquidos para copiadoras
  • Líquido descongelante
  • Aditivos para combustibles (mejoradores del octanaje)
  • Removedor o disolvente de pintura
  • Goma laca
  • Barniz
  • Líquido limpiador de parabrisas

Nota: es posible que esta lista no los incluya a todos.

  • Fecha de revisión: 1/17/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Ford MD, Clinical Toxicology. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2001:759-760, 1034-1035.

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2006: 2395-2398.

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