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A case of methanol poisoning leading to prolonged respirator dependency with consequent blindness and irreversible
Ali Asghar Manuchehri1, Ebrahim Alijanpour2, Mohsen Daghmechi2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
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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