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Líquido para lavar el parabrisas - Overview

Definición:

Es un líquido de color brillante hecho de metanol, un alcohol tóxico. Algunos niños pequeños pueden confundir el líquido con jugo, lo cual puede llevar a una intoxicación accidental. Incluso pequeñas cantidades pueden causar un daño significativo. Este artículo aborda la intoxicación con este tipo de líquido.

Ver también: intoxicación con metanol

Esto es únicamente para información y no para el uso en el tratamiento o manejo de una exposición real a tóxicos. Si usted experimenta una exposición, debe llamar al número local de emergencias (como el 911 en los Estados Unidos) o al National Poison Control Center (Centro Nacional de Toxicología) a la línea 1-800-222-1222.

Elemento tóxico:

  • Metanol (alcohol metílico, alcohol de madera)

Dónde se encuentra:

  • Líquido para lavar el parabrisas (utilizado para limpiar las ventanas de los automóviles)
  • Reviewed last on: 2/2/2011
  • Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Henry K. Deadly Ingestions. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2006; 53(2): 293-315.

Michael JB. Deadly pediatric poisons: nine common agents that kill at low doses. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2004; 22(4): 1019-50.

Goldfrank LR, ed. Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies. 8th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2006.

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