TY - JOUR PY - 2006// TI - Prehospital diagnosis of massive ethylene glycol poisoning and use of an early antidote JO - Resuscitation A1 - Amathieu, Roland A1 - Merouani, Medhi A1 - Borron, Stephen W. A1 - Lapostolle, Frederic A1 - Smail, Nadia A1 - Adnet, Frederic SP - 285 EP - 286 VL - 70 IS - 2 N2 - We report the case of a patient suspected of voluntary massive poisoning by ethylene glycol. Prehospital diagnosis was established by portable blood analyser and an early antidote with 4 MP treatment initiated in out-of-hospital setting. Use of portable blood analyser in prehospital care should be considered in case of suspected massive poisoning by ethylene glycol.
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LA - en SN - 0300-9572 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.12.014 ID - ref1 ER -