Hemodialysis for Isopropanol Poisoning

Abstract

The use of extracorporeal hemodialysis in a patient who drank an extremely large quantity of isopropanol (isopropyl "rubbing" alcohol), described below, afforded us an opportunity to study blood, urine and dialysate levels of isopropanol and its chief metabolite, acetone.Case ReportV.M., a 59-year-old man, was admitted in coma to Meadowbrook Hospital on November 2, 1966, after having ingested 1 liter of isopropanol. The weight was 119 pounds (54.1 kg.) The blood pressure was 80/50; the pulse was 68, and the respirations 16 and shallow. Except for a +++ test for protein and a ++ test for acetone in the . . .