Treatment of Methanol Intoxication by Hemodialysis

Abstract

THE effectiveness of the artificial kidney in removing a wide variety of ingested poisons has been demonstrated in recent years.1 , 2 Studies by Marc-Aurele and Schreiner3 have shown the feasibility of artificial dialysis in the treatment of acute methanol intoxication. They demonstrate the removal of methanol from the laboratory animal and suggest that the metabolic by-products — namely, formic acid and formaldehyde — are theoretically dialyzable substances. At this writing we are unable to find case reports of patients with acute methanol intoxication treated by hemodialysis.Case ReportA 32-year-old dockhand was admitted to the Maine Medical Center on September 15, . . .