Methanol Intoxication Increasing Again with COVID-19 Pandemic: Clinical Series

Yıl 2022, , 84 - 86, 01.07.2022

Yasemin Yılmaz Aydın Aynur Yurtseven , Kemal Aydın Elif Hamzaçebioğlu Cemil Kavalcı

https://doi.org/10.38175/phnx.1008055

Öz

Methanol intoxication is very rare clinical condition encountered at emergency rooms while numbers started to increase with covid-19 pandemic. In this clinical series we mentioned about our clinical approach to methanol intoxication patient during covid-19 pandemic.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Methanol Intoxication, COVID-19 Pandemic, Emergency Service

COVID-19 Pandemi Salgınıyla Yeniden Artan Metanol Zehirlenmeleri: Olgu Serisi

Öz

Metanol intoksikasyonu çok nadir olarak karşımıza çıkmakta iken Covid-19 pandemisiyle birlikte acil servislerde daha ciddi klinik tablolarda tekrardan görülmeye başlandı. Bu olgu serimizde de pandemi ile mücadele döneminde artan sıklıkta karşılaştığımız metanol intoksikasyonu olgularına klinik yaklaşımımızı derledik.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Metanol Zehirlenmeleri, Covid-19 Pandemisi, Acil Servis

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