Citation

Sharma N, Jain S. Emerg. Med. J. 2002; 19(3): 267-268.

Affiliation

The Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. nsharma@glide.net.in

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11971850

PMCID

PMC1725873

Abstract

Brake oil is an automobile transmission fluid composed of a mixture of toxic glycols and glycol ethers. Three cases of poisoning with toxic glycol based brake fluid are reported who presented with mild metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure. As all the cases had presented late, treatment with ethanol was not started. All of them were treated successfully with haemodialysis.

Language: en