Toxic Alcohols

Image Credit: Dr. Wanner This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.   Authors: Gregory Wanner, DO Emergency Physician/Clinical Faculty Christiana Care Health System @gregwanner Paul Kolecki, MD Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine Medical Toxicologist Thomas Jefferson University An 18-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) stating, “Doc, I’m really drunk.” He and a friend […]

Originally Published: Modern Resident, Oct/Nov 2010  Original Author: Neal Shelley, MD Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center Emergency Medicine Submitted by: Saadiyah Bilal, Publications Committee, Co-Chair   Just like ethanol, ethylene glycol and methanol cause inebriation and are often ingested by a desperate alcoholic or as a suicide attempt. Whereas ethanol is preferentially metabolized by alcohol dehydrogenase to […]