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McMartin K, Jacobsen D, Hovda KE. Antidotes for poisoning by alcohols that form toxic metabolites. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2025; 91:662-671. [PMID: 39234820 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.16232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Revised: 08/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/06/2024] Open
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The alcohols methanol, ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol share many characteristics. The most important is that the compounds themselves are relatively nontoxic but are metabolized, initially by alcohol dehydrogenase, to various toxic intermediates. These compounds are readily available worldwide in commercial products as well as in homemade alcoholic beverages, both of which lead to most of the poisonings, from either unintentional or intentional ingestion. Although relatively infrequent, toxic alcohol poisonings do unfortunately occur in outbreaks and can result in severe morbidity and mortality. These poisonings have traditionally been treated with ethanol since it competes for the active site of alcohol dehydrogenase and decreases the formation of toxic metabolites. Although ethanol can be an effective antidote, there are substantial practical problems with its use. Therefore fomepizole, a potent competitive inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, was developed for a hopefully better treatment for metabolically toxic alcohol poisonings. Fomepizole has few side effects and is easy to use in practice and it may obviate the need for haemodialysis in some, but not all, patients. Hence, fomepizole has largely replaced ethanol as the toxic alcohol antidote in many countries. Nevertheless, ethanol remains an important alternative because access to fomepizole can be limited, the cost may appear excessive or the physician may prefer ethanol due to experience.
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- Kenneth McMartin
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Division of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- The National Poison Information Centre, National Institute of Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Division of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- The National Poison Information Centre, National Institute of Health, Oslo, Norway
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Sobhi N, Abdollahi M, Arman A, Mahmoodpoor A, Jafarizadeh A. Methanol Induced Optic Neuropathy: Molecular Mysteries, Public Health Perspective, Clinical Insights and Treatment Strategies. Semin Ophthalmol 2025; 40:18-29. [PMID: 38804878 DOI: 10.1080/08820538.2024.2358310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Methanol-induced optic neuropathy (MION) represents a critical public health issue, particularly prevalent in lower socioeconomic populations and regions with restricted alcohol access. MION, characterized by irreversible visual impairment, arises from the toxic metabolization of methanol into formaldehyde and formic acid, leading to mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation inhibition, oxidative stress, and subsequent neurotoxicity. The pathogenesis involves axonal and glial cell degeneration within the optic nerve and potential retinal damage. Despite advancements in therapeutic interventions, a significant proportion of affected individuals endure persistent visual sequelae. The study comprehensively investigates the pathophysiology of MION, encompassing the absorption and metabolism of methanol, subsequent systemic effects, and ocular impacts. Histopathological changes, including alterations in retinal layers and proteins, Müller cell dysfunction, and visual symptoms, are meticulously examined to provide insights into the disease mechanism. Furthermore, preventive measures and public health perspectives are discussed to highlight the importance of awareness and intervention strategies. Therapeutic approaches, such as decontamination procedures, ethanol and fomepizole administration, hemodialysis, intravenous fluids, electrolyte balance management, nutritional therapy, corticosteroid therapy, and erythropoietin (EPO) treatment, are evaluated for their efficacy in managing MION. This comprehensive review underscores the need for increased awareness, improved diagnostic strategies, and more effective treatments to mitigate the impact of MION on global health.
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- Navid Sobhi
- Nikookari Eye Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Nikookari Eye Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Research Center for Integrative Medicine in Aging, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive care, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
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- Nikookari Eye Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Pirnia B, Ellieen A. The ban on alcohol consumption and the tragedy of death by alcohol poisoning in Iran. Asian J Psychiatr 2024; 102:104286. [PMID: 39489941 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 10/18/2024] [Indexed: 11/05/2024]
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- Bijan Pirnia
- Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Bijan Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Tehran, Iran.
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Rostam-Abadi Y, Gholami J, Shadloo B, Mohammad Aghaei A, Mardaneh Jobehdar M, Ardeshir M, Sangchooli A, Amin-Esmaeili M, Taj M, Saeed K, Rahimi-Movaghar A. Alcohol use, alcohol use disorder and heavy episodic drinking in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A systematic review. Addiction 2024; 119:984-997. [PMID: 38356084 DOI: 10.1111/add.16444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AMS Despite the evident public health impact, the extent and patterns of alcohol use in the Eastern Mediterranean countries remain understudied. The latest estimation for the last 12-month use of alcohol in the region was 2.9% in 2016 by the World Health Organization. We reviewed the main indicators for alcohol consumption in the region since 2010. METHODS We systematically searched on-line databases until September 2023, together with other global and regional sources for studies on the adult general population (aged ≥ 15 years) and young general populations (aged < 18 years) and studies on the treatment-seeking individuals with substance use in Eastern Mediterranean countries. Studies were included from 22 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. RESULTS A total of 148 were included (n = 95 on the prevalence of alcohol use, n = 46 on the prevalence of alcohol use disorder, regular use and heavy episodic drinking, n = 35 on alcohol use pattern among people who use substances and one report on alcohol per capita consumption, n = 29 had data for more than one category). The pooled prevalence of the last 12-month alcohol use in the adult general population was 9.5% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 6.4-13.7] among males, 2.8% (95% CI = 1.3-5.5\) among females and 6.2% (95% CI = 3.9-9.6) in both sexes in the region, with notable subregional variations. Data on the prevalence of alcohol use disorder and heavy drinking were limited to several countries, with heterogeneous indicators. The pooled estimate of alcohol as the primary substance of use among treatment-seeking people who used substances was 16.9% (95% CI = 8.8-26.9). CONCLUSIONS More than 30 million adults in the Eastern Mediterranean region used alcohol in the last 12 months, with a prevalence of 6.2%. This is far fewer than the global estimate of 43% of the population aged 15 years and above, but is approximately two times more than the previous estimate (2.9%), reported by the World Health Organization in 2016, which might show an increasing trend.
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- Yasna Rostam-Abadi
- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health and Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Unit, Department of Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
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- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Unit, Department of Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) WHO Collaborating Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Esmaeilian S, Teimouri A, Hooshmandi S, Nikoo MH, Heydari ST, Mohajeri E, Bazmi S, Tabrizi R, Hoseinyazdi M. Methanol poisoning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: A retrospective cross-sectional study of clinical, laboratory, and brain imaging characteristics and outcomes. Health Sci Rep 2023; 6:e1752. [PMID: 38093830 PMCID: PMC10716313 DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.1752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2024] Open
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Objective To evaluate the frequency and significance of brain imaging findings in methanol poisoning patients and to propose a criterion for prioritizing brain imaging. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the data of 306 patients (286 men and 34 women, mean age 32.10 ± 9.9 years) with confirmed methanol poisoning who were admitted to two hospitals in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed their demographic, clinical, laboratory, and brain imaging data. Results The main brain computed tomography (CT) scan findings were hypodensity in the putamen (11.1%), cerebellar nuclei (8.2%), diffuse cerebral edema (7.5%), and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH; 1.6%). These findings were associated with blood pH, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), renal failure, bicarbonate, oxygen, carbon dioxide, potassium, and glucose levels (p < 0.05). Poor prognosis was related to blindness, opium addiction, chronic alcohol use, hyperglycemia, and abnormal CT scans (p < 0.001 for all). The most predictive brain imaging findings for poor prognosis were hypodensity in the cerebellar nuclei, diffuse cerebral edema, and ICH. Conclusion Brain imaging can provide valuable information for the diagnosis and management of methanol poisoning patients. We suggest that patients with severe acidosis, low GCS, low pH, low oxygen saturation, and high glucose levels should undergo brain CT scan as a priority.
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- Saeid Esmaeilian
- Health Policy Research Center, Institute of HealthShiraz University of Medical SciencesShirazIran
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- Medical Imaging Research CenterShiraz University of Medical SciencesShirazIran
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- Medical Imaging Research CenterShiraz University of Medical SciencesShirazIran
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- Health Policy Research Center, Institute of HealthShiraz University of Medical SciencesShirazIran
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- Health Policy Research Center, Institute of HealthShiraz University of Medical SciencesShirazIran
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- Student Research CommitteeFasa University of Medical SciencesFasaIran
- Noncommunicable Diseases Research CenterFasa University of Medical SciencesFasaIran
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- Clinical Research Development Unit, Valiasr HospitalFasa University of Medical SciencesFasaIran
- USERN officeFasa University of Medical SciencesFasaIran
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins HospitalBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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Shah N, Khayat M, Owshalimpur D, Banda M, Munoz J, White WC, Forster BM, Petteys SK, Sullivan SB, Watson M, King JD. Mass Poisoning From Ethylene Glycol at a U.S. Military Base. Mil Med 2023; 188:e3261-e3264. [PMID: 36562097 DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usac380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ethylene glycol (EG) toxicity is an important cause of toxic alcohol poisoning in the USA with over 5,000 exposures reported annually. While classically characterized by solitary accidental or intentional ingestions, mass toxic alcohol poisoning outbreaks and more rarely collective consumptions (typically of methanol) have been described. We describe an ethylene glycol poisoning from collective ingestion that involved soldiers presenting at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Eleven soldiers presented to the emergency department over a 12-h period after ingestion of an unknown substance. The first two patients exhibited severe neurologic symptoms, while the remainder were asymptomatic. As serum EG levels were not immediately available, treatment decisions were based on surrogate laboratory values. Two patients received immediate hemodialysis, and fomepizole (FOM) because of severe acidosis with elevated anion and osmolal gaps. These patients developed acute kidney injury with renal recovery within a 3-week period. Two patients with elevated lactate received bicarbonate-based intravenous (IV) fluids and FOM. Two patients received IV fluids only and required prolonged observation for worsening acidosis and/or acute kidney injury. Five patients with normal laboratory values were treated with IV fluids and observation. All patients received cofactors including thiamine and pyridoxine. All patients survived. The outbreak occurred in the setting of limited dialysis resources, limited FOM availability, and in a resource-limited community. Additional guidelines are needed to determine allocation of limited resources, optimal dialysis and FOM treatment course, and comorbid conditions, which may prolong recovery.
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- Nina Shah
- Department of Medicine-Nephrology, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79918, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98431, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98431, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79918, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79918, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79918, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Nephrology, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79918, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79918, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Critical Care/Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79918, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA
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- Department of Toxicology-Maryland Poison Center and Department of Medicine-Nephrology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Alqurashi GI, Alqurashi FS, Alhusayni KM, Falemban AH, Alhindi YZ, Alsanosi SM, Alzahrani AR, Al-Ghamdi SS, Ayoub N. Case Reports Study on Methanol Poisoning in King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia. J Clin Med 2023; 12:4282. [PMID: 37445316 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12134282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Methanol poisoning is a challenging issue due to its inducing acute multiple organ failures, and especially due to a lack of preparedness, available antidotes, and management protocols. The current study presents six cases of methanol poisoning that attended the emergency department of King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia, between March and November 2022. All of the patients suffered from severe metabolic acidosis and visual impairment following the ingestion of homemade alcoholic beverages and colonia. Three patients were comatose, suffered from post-cardiac pulmonary arrest, and, finally, died, while the other three were non-comatose and discharged from the ICU after improvement. Management was based on clinical symptoms and other laboratory findings due to a shortage of methanol level measurement resources. The antidote, fomepizole, was not given to all of the cases due to its deficiency, and ethanol was given only to one patient due to difficulties in administering it without monitoring its concentration. Methanol poisoning and its outbreak provide insights into the dangers of hazardous homemade alcohol and other pharmaceutical preparations that might be adulterated with methanol, particularly to the shortage of suitable diagnostic testing and antidotes in addition to poor resources for management of intoxicated patients in some regions of Saudi Arabia.
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- Ghadi I Alqurashi
- Pharmacy Department, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Taif 26521, Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Toxicology Society, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmacy Department, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Taif 26521, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Toxicology Society, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Toxicology Society, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Toxicology Society, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Toxicology Society, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
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Tabatabaei SA, Amini M, Haydar AA, Soleimani M, Cheraqpour K, Shahriari M, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Akbari MR. Outbreak of methanol-induced optic neuropathy in early COVID-19 era; effectiveness of erythropoietin and methylprednisolone therapy. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11:3502-3510. [PMID: 37383889 PMCID: PMC10294205 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i15.3502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Methanol is a highly toxic, non-potable alcohol. Outbreaks of methanol toxicity occur due to its fraudulent addition to alcoholic beverages as a cheaper substitute for ethanol. Recently, alongside the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, rumors circulated on social media that consuming alcohol can prevent or cure the virus, leading to a COVID-19 and methanol-induced optic neuropathy (MON) syndemic. AIM To investigate the impact of erythropoietin (EPO) on the outcomes of patients diagnosed with MON. METHODS In this prospective study, 105 patients presenting with acute bilateral visual loss secondary to methanol intoxication were enrolled from March to May 2020 at Farabi Eye Hospital. A comprehensive ocular examination was conducted for all participants. Recombinant human EPO and methylprednisolone were administered intravenously to all patients for three consecutive days. RESULTS The mean age of the participants was 39.9 years (± 12.6). Ninety-four patients were male and eleven were female. The mean pre-treatment best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improved from 2.0 ± 0.86 to 1.39 ± 0.69 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution post-treatment (P < 0.001), with significant improvement observed in all age categories and genders (P < 0.001). Visual acuity improvement was also significant regardless of whether the patient presented before or after 72 h (P < 0.001), and the post-treatment BCVA remained significant at all monthly follow-up visits (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION EPO and methylprednisolone therapy have been shown to be effective in improving visual outcomes in patients with MON when administrated within the first month of exposure. Public awareness efforts are necessary to prevent further outbreaks of methanol toxicity in the current COVID-19 era.
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- Seyed Ali Tabatabaei
- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1336616351, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1336616351, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1336616351, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1336616351, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1336616351, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1617763141, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1964512642, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Street, Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, CA 93720, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1336616351, Iran
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Behnoush AH, Bazmi E, Forouzesh M, Koehler SA, Monabati SJ, Behnoush B. Impact of COVID-19 on poisoning-related mortality in Iran: An interrupted time series study. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2023; 117:104051. [PMID: 37182353 PMCID: PMC10160529 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic had many negative effects worldwide. These effects involved mental health status issues such as suicide, depression, and the pattern of death associated with drug/poisonings. One of the major concerns of the healthcare community during the pandemic was mortality from poisonings. This study aimed to investigate the trends of mortality from different types of poisonings before and after COVID-19. METHODS The patients who died from six different categories of drugs or poisons were identified by forensic analysis of body fluids/tissues in Tehran, Iran. The pandemic was separated into the pre-COVID-19 period (April 2018 to January 2020), and the COVID pandemic (February 2020-April 2022). Demographic characteristics were collected from each victim, and comparisons of death trends before and after the pandemic were conducted using the interrupted time series analysis. The absolute number of deaths and proportion of deaths from each type of drug/poisoning were used for the analyses. RESULTS A total of 6,316 deaths from drugs/poisoning were identified between April 2018-Mar 2022). During this period, 2,485 deaths occurred pre-COVID, and 3,831 were during the COVID-19 era. There were no statistical differences in terms of demographic characteristics before and after the pandemic, except for job status. There was a sharp increase in proportion of methanol death among all poisonings after the start of the pandemic (16.5%, p-value = 0.025), while there was a decreasing trend during the pandemic (-0.915 deaths monthly, p-value = 0.027). The trends for opioids, stimulants, and drug-related deaths changed from decreasing to increasing. No change was seen in the trends for ethanol and volatile substance deaths. This pattern was mirrored in the proportion of each type of poisoning relative to the total number. CONCLUSION Changes in poisoning-related mortality patterns showed dramatic changes after the start of the pandemic, especially deaths from methanol. Other poisonings such as opioids, stimulants, and drugs should also be addressed as there was an increasing trend during the COVID-19 period, compared to the pre-COVID data.
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- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran.
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- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Safiri S, Nejadghaderi SA, Noori M, Sullman MJM, Collins GS, Kaufman JS, Kolahi AA. Burden of diseases and injuries attributable to alcohol consumption in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990-2019. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19301. [PMID: 36369336 PMCID: PMC9652338 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22901-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alcohol consumption is associated with a number of diseases and injuries, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, mental and neurological disorders, as well as transport-related injuries. This article reports the alcohol-attributable burden of diseases and injuries at the regional and national levels in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region between 1990 and 2019, by sex, age, underlying cause, and Socio-demographic Index (SDI). The regional deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) attributable to alcohol consumption were reported for the MENA region, between 1990 and 2019, using the methodological framework and analytical strategies adopted by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019. The estimates were all reported as counts, population-attributable fractions, and age-standardised rates per 100,000 population, along with their corresponding 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). Also, the average annual percentage changes were used to represent the trends of age-standardised rates. In 2019, there were an estimated 22.0 thousand deaths (95% UI: 16.1-29.4) and 1.1 million DALYs (0.8-1.3) attributable to alcohol consumption in the MENA region. The number of DALYs attributable to alcohol consumption were much higher in men (878.0 thousand, 691.4-1104.8) than among women (181.8, 138.6-232.0). The overall age-standardised death and DALY rates attributable to alcohol consumption decreased by 34.5% (13.2-48.3) and 31.9% (16.9-42.5), respectively, over the study period. Egypt (10.1 [5.7-16.6]) and Kuwait (1.1 [0.8-1.5]) had the highest and lowest age-standardised death rates attributable to alcohol consumption, respectively. In 2019, the number of deaths and DALYs in the MENA region were highest in those aged 60-64 and 50-54 years, respectively. A negative association was observed between a country's SDI and their corresponding age-standardised DALY rates over the period 1990 to 2019. Digestive diseases were the main contributor to the alcohol-attributable burden. Over 1990-2019, the regional deaths and DALYs of diseases and injuries attributable to alcohol consumption decreased with AAPC of - 1.45 (- 1.78 to - 1.12) and - 1.31 (- 1.46 to - 1.15), respectively. The death and DALY rates attributable to alcohol consumption in the MENA region have decreased over the past three decades. Further decreases can be facilitated by implementing country-level policies and increasing public awareness.
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- Saeid Safiri
- Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Research Center for Integrative Medicine in Aging, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Expert Group (SRMEG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Department of Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, NDORMS, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Rafizadeh A, Bhalla A, Sharma N, Kumar K, Zamani N, McDonald R, Roberts DM, Hassanian-Moghaddam H. Evaluating new simplified assays for harm reduction from methanol poisoning using chromotropic acid kits: An analytical study on Indian and Iranian alcoholic beverages. Front Public Health 2022; 10:983663. [PMID: 36408033 PMCID: PMC9670154 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.983663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ingestion of methanol can result in severe irreversible morbidity, and death. Simple and easy methods to detect methanol and other hazardous additives prior to consumption can prevent fatalities. This form of harm reduction is analogous to the widely practiced "pill testing" of recreational drugs in various countries. We aimed to evaluate the performance of two qualitative and quantitative kits to simultaneously identify the presence of methanol and formaldehyde in alcoholic beverages, and compare this to the standard gas chromatographic (GC) method. METHODS Two-hundred samples of Indian and Iranian alcoholic drinks were examined by two new qualitative and quantitative chemical kits designed based on a modified chromotropic acid (CA) method, as well as a gold standard GC method. RESULTS Methanol levels were similar when evaluated by GC and quantitative method (Z = - 0.328, p = 0.743). The 75th percentile of methanol level detection was 4,290 mg L-1 (range; 0-83,132) using GC compared to that of 4,671 mg L-1 (range; 0-84,960) using the qualitative kit (predefined color intensity reflecting the methanol/ethanol ratio). The quantitative kit was able to detect all methanol-contaminated and non-contaminated samples (110 and 60 cases, respectively: 100% sensitivity). In 25 samples, GC analysis showed no methanol; but the qualitative kit detected possible toxic substances. Formaldehyde measurement by UV/Vis analysis showed the presence of formaldehyde in 23 samples (92%) with a median 912 [IQR 249, 2,109; range 112-2,742] mg L-1. CONCLUSION Methanol and formaldehyde can be easily detected using these simple CA chemical kits. Qualitative positive results may indicate the risk of poisoning if the beverage is consumed. CA kits can be used in community setting by public health units and community organizations to monitor for methanol contamination and inform a public health response to reduce methanol-related harms to the public.
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- Ali Rafizadeh
- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Toxicology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biophysics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research (SERAF), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
- St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Tsenang M, Pheko T, Mokgadi J, Phokedi GN. A Validated Liquid–Liquid Extraction Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Ethanol in the Different Types of Home-Brewed Alcoholic Beverages of Botswana Using Gas Chromatography Flame Ionization Detector. CHEMISTRY AFRICA 2022. [PMCID: PMC9593979 DOI: 10.1007/s42250-022-00520-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Purpose Home-made alcohol-related deaths are a significant public health issue which is often overlooked. To date, approximately 30 people have died following the consumption of home brewed alcoholic beverages in Botswana. The process of brewing such alcoholic beverages remains unmonitored and makes it difficult to pinpoint the cause of these deaths. Ethanol content in these beverages is thought to be high and therefore contributing towards the deaths. The aim of this research was to develop and validate a method for the quantification of ethanol in the different types of home-brewed alcoholic drinks of Botswana. Methods Twenty-six different samples of home-brewed alcoholic drinks were collected from local brewers in different districts of Botswana. A Liquid–Liquid Extraction-Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detector method was optimized for extraction of ethanol using ethyl acetate and validated for accuracy, precision, repeatability, selectivity, linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantification, stability. Following this, the method used to measure the concentration of ethanol in the different home brewed beverages. Results The method demonstrated linearity in the concentration range of 2.5–60% v/v with correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.996 and, was found to be precise with %RSD values ≤ 5%. Repeatability was acceptable with %RSD values ≤ 5%. Percentage recoveries were within 100%. No interference was observed from likely excipients commonly found in home brewed alcoholic beverages, demonstrating good selectivity. Limits of detection and quantification were found to be 0.37% v/v and 1.12% v/v respectively. The analysed samples were discovered to contain ethanol with concentrations ranging from 2.56 to 36% v/v. Conclusion A method for the quantification of ethanol in home-made alcoholic beverages of Botswana was developed and validated. It is simple, cheap, rapid and does not require sophisticated instruments.
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- Mmaabo Tsenang
- Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, BIUST, Plot 10071, Boseja-Khurumela, Private Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
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- Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, BIUST, Plot 10071, Boseja-Khurumela, Private Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
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- Chemical, Biological Nuclear and Radiological Weapons Management Authority, Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security, Private Bag 00384, Gaborone, Botswana
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- Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, BIUST, Plot 10071, Boseja-Khurumela, Private Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
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Hadeiy SK, Zamani N, McDonald R, Rezaei O, Kolahi AA, Gholami N, Farnaghi F, Hassanian-Moghaddam H. An interrupted time series analysis of hospital admissions due to alcohol intoxication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tehran, Iran. Sci Rep 2022; 12:10574. [PMID: 35732680 PMCID: PMC9216300 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14799-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 outbreak affected mental health globally. One of the major concerns following the COVID-19 pandemic was increased incidence of risky behaviors including alcohol consumption. This study evaluates the trend of alcohol poisoning in Loghman-Hakim Hospital (LHH), the main referral center of poisoning in Tehran, during the 2-year period from 1 year prior to 1 year after the onset (February 23rd, 2020) of the COVID-19 epidemic in Iran. All patients admitted with alcohol intoxication from February 23rd, 2019 to February 22nd, 2021 were evaluated and patient data extracted from LHH electronic hospital records. Alcohols were categorized as toxic (methyl alcohol) and non-toxic (ethyl alcohol). Of 2483 patients admitted, 796/14,493 (5.49%) and 1687/13,883 (12.15%) had been hospitalized before and after the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic in Iran, respectively. In total, 140 patients did not survive, of whom 131 (93.6%) were confirmed to have methanol intoxication. Mortality was significantly higher during the outbreak (127 vs 13; P < 0.001; OR: 4.90; CI 95%: 2.75 to 8.73). Among the patients, 503 were younger than age 20. Trend of alcohol intoxication showed increases in children (57 vs 17) and adolescents (246 vs 183) when compared before and after the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak. A total of 955 patients were diagnosed with methanol toxicity which occurred more frequently during the COVID-19 era (877 vs 78; P < 0.001; OR: 10.00; CI 95%: 7.75 to12.82). Interrupted time series analysis (April 2016-February 2021) showed that in the first month of the COVID-19 epidemic (March 2020), there was a significant increase in the alcohol intoxication rate by 13.76% (P < 0.02, CI = [2.42-24.91]). The trend of alcohol intoxication as well as resulting mortality increased in all age groups during the COVID-19 epidemic in Iran, indicating urgent need for the prevention of high-risk alcohol use as well as improved treatment.
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- Seyed Kaveh Hadeiy
- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, South Karegar Street, Tehran, Iran
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- SERAF, Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loghman Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loghman Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, South Karegar Street, Tehran, Iran.
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Mahdavi SA, Zamani N, McDonald R, Akhgari M, Kolahi AA, Gheshlaghi F, Ostadi A, Dehghan A, Moshiri M, Rahbar-Taramsari M, Delirrad M, Mohtasham N, Afzali S, Ebrahimi S, Ziaeefar P, Khosravi N, Kazemifar AM, Ghadirzadeh M, Farajidana H, Barghemadi T, Sadeghi F, Hadeiy SK, Hadipourzadeh M, Mesbahi J, Malekpour MR, Arabi M, Jamshidi F, Dadpour B, Hovda KE, Hassanian-Moghaddam H. A cross-sectional multicenter linkage study of hospital admissions and mortality due to methanol poisoning in Iranian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sci Rep 2022; 12:9741. [PMID: 35697919 PMCID: PMC9189800 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14007-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A methanol poisoning outbreak occurred in Iran during the initial months of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of the outbreak in terms of hospitalizations and deaths. A cross-sectional linkage study was conducted based on the hospitalization data collected from thirteen referral toxicology centers throughout Iran as well as mortality data obtained from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (LMO). Patient data were extracted for all cases aged > 19 years with toxic alcohol poisoning during the study period from February until June 2020. A total of 795 patients were hospitalized due to methanol poisoning, of whom 84 died. Median [interquartile ratio; IQR] age was 32 [26, 40] years (range 19-91 years). Patients had generally ingested alcohol for recreational motives (653, 82.1%) while 3.1% (n = 25) had consumed alcohol-based hand sanitizers to prevent or cure COVID-19 infection. Age was significantly lower in survivors than in non-survivors (P < 0.001) and in patients without sequelae vs. with sequelae (P = 0.026). Twenty non-survivors presented with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score > 8, six of whom were completely alert on presentation to the emergency departments. The time from alcohol ingestion to hospital admission was not significantly different between provinces. In East Azerbaijan province, where hemodialysis was started within on average 60 min of admission, the rate of sequelae was 11.4% (compared to 19.6% average of other provinces)-equivalent to a reduction of the odds of sequelae by 2.1 times [95% CI 1.2, 3.7; p = 0.009]. Older patients were more prone to fatal outcome and sequelae, including visual disturbances. Early arrival at the hospital can facilitate timely diagnosis and treatment and may reduce long-term morbidity from methanol poisoning. Our data thus suggest the importance of raising public awareness of the risks and early symptoms of methanol intoxication.
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- SERAF, Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Isfahan Clinical Toxicology Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sina Medical Research & Training Hospital, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Accident Prevention and Crisis Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
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- Medical Toxicology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Food and Beverages Safety Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Clinical Toxicology, Abuzar's Children Medical Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Development Research Unit, Seyad Shirazi Hospital, Golestan University of Medial Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Family Medicine, Sari Medical School, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Medical Toxicology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- The Norwegian CBRNE Centre of Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Loghman-Hakim Hospital Poison Center, South Karegar Street, Kamali St, Tehran, Iran.
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DOĞAN M. Examination of patients admitted to a university hospital with methanol intoxication. JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND MEDICINE 2022. [DOI: 10.32322/jhsm.1107285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the demographic data, clinical features and laboratory findings of patients followed up with methanol poisoning in our internal medicine clinic. In addition, to examine the data of the patients followed in our intensive care unit and to contribute to the literature in this direction.
Material and Method: In this study, 21 patients diagnosed with methanol intoxication who were hospitalized in the internal medicine clinic of our hospital between 01.01.2019 and 01.04.2022 were included. Demographic information of the patients, initial complaints, accompanying symptoms, laboratory results, blood gas values, intensive care unit requirements, mechanical ventilation needs, length of hospital stay and whether they received hemodialysis treatment were recorded from the hospital automation system.
Results: 21 patients were included in the study. The mean time for patients to apply to the hospital after drinking alcohol was calculated as 31.42±4.27 hours. The mean hospital stay was 3.0±1.02 days. While 12 patients were followed up in the intensive care unit, it was found that 6 patients needed mechanical ventilation and 9 patients needed hemodialysis. Glucose, creatinine, acetyl aminotransferase (AST), partial carbon dioxide pressure (PaCO2), lactate, anion gap and base gap were found to be statistically significantly higher in the group treated in the intensive care unit (p
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- Murat DOĞAN
- Çorum Hitit Üniversitesi EAH İç Hastalıkları
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Mohtasham N, Jamshidi F, Dastoorpoor M, Khodadadi N, Rahmani AH. Alcohol consumption epidemic and its complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Khuzestan Province, Iran; 2020. ARCHIVES OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND CRIMINOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.4467/16891716amsik.21.004.15614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: After unprecedented demand for ethanol in the pandemic, profiteers used methanol for making illegal alcoholic drink. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study investigated the effects of methanol poisoning on 400 patients who referred to hospitals affiliated with Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences from March 20 to September 20, 2020. Results: Ninety-eight-point five percent of patients had consumed alcohol for social reasons and only 0.3% had used it as a measure to avoid COVID-19. Eighty-seven percent of the patients used homemade alcohol bought from peddlers. The most common clinical symptom was gastrointestinal disorders (64.8%) and the most common complications were vision problems (12.3%). Ten-point-six percent (42 patients) of the patients died. The most important factors affecting mortality risk were dyspnea, neuropathic problems, abnormal radiological findings, dialysis, abnormal blood pressure, vision problems and dizziness. Conclusions: Informing the public about the risks of using homemade alcoholic beverages is essential if the associated disability and mortality has to be avoided.
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- Neda Mohtasham
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- 3DVM Graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Mousavi-Roknabadi RS, Arzhangzadeh M, Safaei-Firouzabadi H, Mousavi-Roknabadi RS, Sharifi M, Fathi N, Zarei Jelyani N, Mokdad M. Methanol poisoning during COVID-19 pandemic; A systematic scoping review. Am J Emerg Med 2022; 52:69-84. [PMID: 34883289 PMCID: PMC8611855 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE In this systematic scoping review, it was aimed to assess the epidemiology of methanol poisoning, clinical findings and patients' management, causes, and recommendations regarding prevention or reduction of methanol poisoning during COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Three Electronic databases [Medline (accessed from PubMed), Scopus, and Science Direct] were searched systematically from December 01, 2019 to September 10, 2020, using MESH terms and the related keywords in English language. Considering the titles and abstracts, unrelated studies were excluded. The full texts of the remained studies were evaluated by authors, independently. Then, the studies' findings were assessed and reported. RESULTS Total of 86 articles were obtained within the first step of searching, and 64 ones remained after removing the duplications. Through the title and abstract screening, 35 were removed. Finally, after reading the full text of the remained articles, 15 ones included in data extraction. Most of the previous reported evidence (13/15) were letter to editor, commentary and short reports. None of them were interventional, and none of them followed the patients. Findings were summarized in four categories: 1) epidemiology; 2) clinical findings and patients' management; 3) causes; and 4) recommendation regarding prevention or reduction of methanol poisoning during COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION The recent outbreak is the largest methanol mass poisoning outbreak throughout Iran and the world in recent decades. The causes of methanol poisoning during the COVID-19 pandemic are intertwined, and most of them are modifiable by health policy makers. Building trust, educating and warning, as well as controlling and monitoring are three main recommendation for prevention or reduction of methanol poisoning.
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- Razieh Sadat Mousavi-Roknabadi
- Emergency Medicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Emergency Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Master of Civil Engineering Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University-Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran.
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- Emergency Medicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Emergency Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Emergency Medicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Emergency Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Medical intern, Gomel State Medical University, Gomel, Belarus
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Liberski S, Kaluzny BJ, Kocięcki J. Methanol-induced optic neuropathy: a still-present problem. Arch Toxicol 2022; 96:431-451. [PMID: 34988610 PMCID: PMC8731680 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-021-03202-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Methanol-induced optic neuropathy (Me-ION) is a serious condition that may result in long-term or irreversible visual impairment or even blindness secondary to damage and loss of function of the optic nerve and retina. Me-ION shows a tendency to occur as mass poisonings around the world with a clear predilection for poor societies in developing countries. The main mechanism underlying the molecular basis of Me-ION is the inhibition of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation process through the binding of the toxic metabolite of methanol—formic acid—with the key enzyme of this process—cytochrome c oxidase. However, other mechanisms, including damage to the eye tissues by oxidative stress causing the intensification of the oxidative peroxidation process with the formation of cytotoxic compounds, as well as an increase in the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines and influence on the expression of key proteins responsible for maintaining cell homeostasis, also play an important role in the pathogenesis of Me-ION. Histopathological changes in the eye tissues are mainly manifested as the degeneration of axons and glial cells of the optic nerve, often with accompanying damage of the retina that may involve all its layers. Despite the development of therapeutic approaches, persistent visual sequelae are seen in 30–40% of survivors. Thus, Me-ION continues to be an important problem for healthcare systems worldwide.
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- Sławomir Liberski
- Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, ul. Augustyna Szamarzewskiego 84, 61-848, Poznań, Poland.
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- Division of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Department of Ophthalmology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. Kornela Ujejskiego 75, 85-168, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, ul. Augustyna Szamarzewskiego 84, 61-848, Poznań, Poland
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Muhollari T, Szűcs S, Ádány R, Sándor J, McKee M, Pál L. Methanol in unrecorded fruit spirits. Does it pose a health risk to consumers in the European Union? A probabilistic toxicological approach. Toxicol Lett 2022; 357:43-56. [PMID: 34990791 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2021.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Methanol is present at high concentrations in unrecorded fruit spirits, placing consumers of these beverages at risk of exposure at high levels. When assessing any health risk it is necessary to consider blood methanol levels (BMLs), reference dose (RfD), and maximum tolerable blood methanol level (MTBML). The aim of our study was to estimate daily methanol intake and related BMLs attributable to drinking unrecorded fruit spirits in the European population using a probabilistic Monte Carlo simulation. Data on the concentration of methanol in unrecorded fruit spirits in European Union member states were collected and the health risk posed by consumption of unrecorded fruit spirits was estimated. We found that drinking unrecorded fruit spirits containing methanol at a concentration higher than 8598.1 mg/litre of pure alcohol (p.a.) or 6382.1 mg/litre of p.a. and also at least 10 g ethanol can result in a methanol intake above the RfD by men and women, respectively. We confirmed that consumption of unrecorded fruit spirits containing methanol does not result in BMLs higher than the MTBML. Further studies are required to assess whether there is any health risk from chronic exposure to methanol above the RfD from unrecorded fruit spirits.
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- Teuta Muhollari
- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary; MTA-DE Public Health Research Group, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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- European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Hoyte C, Schimmel J, Hadianfar A, Banerji S, Nakhaee S, Mehrpour O. Toxic alcohol poisoning characteristics and treatments from 2000 to 2017 at a United States regional poison center. Daru 2021; 29:367-376. [PMID: 34709587 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-021-00418-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Toxic alcohol exposures are an ongoing concern in the United States. In the US, few studies characterize the local epidemiology of toxic alcohols over time. OBJECTIVES The objective was to examine the incidence of toxic alcohol ingestions and changes in management over time. METHODS This retrospective cohort study evaluates toxic alcohol ingestion phone calls to a regional poison center in the United States covering four states. Data were queried for this poison center from the National Poison Data System (NPDS) using generic codes for each toxic alcohol. Inclusion criteria were ingestion of toxic alcohol, age ≥ 13 years, from January 1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2017. Exclusion criteria were unrelated effects coded in the medical outcome, duplicate data, or incomplete demographic data. RESULTS Of 926 subjects (adults and teenagers), 71.5% were male, and the mean age was 34.5 years. Toxic alcohol ingestion was more common in individuals younger than 40 years, with a significant relationship between age and intentional abuse or misuse (p = 0.001). There was also a significant relationship between age and reason for ingestion, with younger patients more likely to be suicidal (p < 0.001). Ethyleneglycol was the most common toxic alcohol. There was no change in the incidence of toxic alcohol ingestions over the study period. The mortality rate was 1.7%, and 31.2%of patients were hospitalized in a critical care unit. Major effects and death were more common in younger patients (p < 0.001). There was a significant difference in medical outcomes based on the type of toxic alcohol(p = 0.03). Fomepizole was the most common treatment. A Poisson regression model found no change in fomepizole use during the study period (p = 0.1). Ethanol administration over the study period increased (p = 0.02), while hemodialysis decreased (p = 0.02). CONCLUSION Data obtained from a single regional United States poison center showed low mortality related to toxic alcohol ingestions. The most prevalent toxic alcohol was Ethylene glycol. In all cases, toxic alcohol ingestion was higher in the 20-29-year-old age group. Reasons for ingestion, in most cases, were suicidal. Fomepizole was the most common treatment, ethanol administration as an antidote is rising, and hemodialysis utilization is decreasing. Data may not be nationally representative.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, Mount Sinai Hospital Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USA
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- Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center (MTDRC), Birjand University of Medical Sciences (BUMS), Birjand, Iran
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- Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. .,Scientific Unlimited horizon, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Yazdi-Feyzabadi V, Alipouri Sakha M, Zandian H, Zahirian Moghadam T. Alcohol-related mortality during the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran: a commentary on happening a crisis amid another crisis. JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2021.1961319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi
- Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Iran Department of Health Education & Promotion, Deputy of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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Hadipourzadeh M, Ebrahimi S, Ziaeefar P, Zamani N, Falahaty H, Robert D, Hassanian-Moghaddam H. Comparing the Clinical Characteristics, Laboratory Findings, and Outcomes between Epidemic and Episodic Methanol Poisoning Referrals; a Cross-sectional Study. ARCHIVES OF ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2021; 9:e46. [PMID: 34223191 PMCID: PMC8221550 DOI: 10.22037/aaem.v9i1.1278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Introduction: Due to illegal manufacturing and sales of alcoholic beverages, epidemic outbreaks of methanol poisoning may occur. The aim of this study was to determine if there were differences in the severity, course of poisoning, and outcomes between methanol-poisoned patients admitted during an outbreak versus those who were admitted following episodic exposures. Methods: The present retrospective study was performed in a single referral poisoning center between March 2018 and March 2019 in patients with confirmed methanol poisoning. During this time, in addition to episodic cases of methanol intoxication, there were three methanol poisoning outbreaks. Outbreaks were characterized by an unexpected increase in the number of methanol-poisoned patients in a short period of time, which impacted resources and decision-making. The two groups were compared regarding their severity of poisoning, sessions of hemodialysis, and clinical outcomes. Results: Outbreak cases had a higher level of methanol than episodic cases. Odds of being dialyzed more than once was 5.4 times higher in the cases presenting during an outbreak (95% CI 2.1-14.0; p=0.001). Mean hospital stay, intubation/mechanical ventilation, and death were similar between the two groups. An evaluation of the alcoholic beverage samples available in the Iranian black market during the outbreak showed a 7-percent methanol concentration with no ethanol content. Conclusions: Poisoning risk may be higher during methanol outbreaks due to the higher methanol concentrations, requiring more hemodialysis sessions for persistent metabolic acidosis. In addition to alcohol dehydrogenase blockade, careful risk assessment of all methanol poisonings can assist with stratifying the priority for, and duration of, hemodialysis to optimize outcomes.
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- Mehdi Hadipourzadeh
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Renal Medicine and Transplantation, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Nekoukar Z, Zakariaei Z, Taghizadeh F, Musavi F, Banimostafavi ES, Sharifpour A, Ebrahim Ghuchi N, Fakhar M, Tabaripour R, Safanavaei S. Methanol poisoning as a new world challenge: A review. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2021; 66:102445. [PMID: 34141419 PMCID: PMC8187162 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Methanol poisoning (MP) occurs often via ingestion, inhalation, or dermal exposure to formulations containing methanol in base. Clinical manifestations of MP include gastrointestinal symptoms, central nervous system (CNS) suppression, and decompensated metabolic acidosis occurred with blurred vision and early or late blindness. OBJECTIVE This study reviewed the clinical manifestations, laboratory and radiology findings, and treatment approaches in MP. DISCUSSION Methanol is usually rapidly absorbed after ingestion and metabolized by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), then distributed to the body water to reach a volume distribution approximately equal to 0.77 L/kg. It is also eliminated from the body as unchanged parent compounds. Clinical manifestations of MP alone initiate within 0.5-4 h after ingestion and include gastrointestinal symptoms and CNS suppression. After a latent period of 6-24 h, depending on the absorbed dose, decompensated metabolic acidosis occurs with blurred vision and early or late blindness. Blurred vision with normal consciousness is a strong suspicious sign of an MP. The mortality and severity of intoxication are well associated with the severity of CNS depression, hyperglycemia, and metabolic acidosis, but not with serum methanol concentration. After initial resuscitation, the most important therapeutic action for patients with known or suspected MP is correction of acidosis, inhibition of ADH, and hemodialysis. CONCLUSION Since MP is associated with high morbidity and mortality, it should be considered seriously and instantly managed. Delay in treatment may cause complications, permanent damage, and even death.
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- Zahra Nekoukar
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
- Toxicology and Forensic Medicine Division, Orthopedic Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Toxicology and Forensic Medicine Division, Orthopedic Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis (INRCL), Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Knowledge and Information Science, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis and Toxoplasmosis, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Iranian National Registry Center for Lophomoniasis (INRCL), Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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Hadeiy SK, Parhizgar P, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Khoshkar A, Kolahi AA, Amirabadizadeh A, Rezaei O. Trends of acute drug and chemical toxicities in adults and adolescents in Tehran, Iran between 2012 and 2018: a retrospective chart review. Drug Chem Toxicol 2021; 45:2039-2048. [PMID: 33858280 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2021.1903486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Poisoning is among the top three common causes of suicidal deaths in Iran. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiologic trend of poisoning and its mortality rate in the largest tertiary toxicology referral center in Iran between 2012 and 2018. A total of 84,242 patients were hospitalized or died due to poisoning in this center during the study period, of whom 2114 (2.5%) died. The most frequent poisonings were those with antiepileptics, sedativehypnotics, and antiparkinson medications (T42) followed by narcotics and psychodysleptics (T40). Psychodysleptics had the highest mortality rate (684; 32.4% of the deaths). Among drugs of abuse, methadone was the most common cause of admission reported in 10,398 cases (12.3%). In conclusion, suicidal or recreational methadone poisoning is becoming the most common cause of admission to poisoning referral wards in Iran. Rigorous supervision of daily dosing at opioid maintenance clinics as well as efforts to control the black-market offering methadone are needed to prevent further methadone-related acute poisonings and deaths.
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- Seyed Kaveh Hadeiy
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Surgery, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center (MTDRC), Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Beyraghi N, Sadeghipour Meybodi S, Noorani Yazdi SS, Janani M, Banihashem SS, Bahri R, Noroozi A. Results from the first inpatient alcohol withdrawal management program in Iran: An observational study. Alcohol 2020; 88:43-47. [PMID: 32698051 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2020.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The consumption of alcohol is prohibited in Iran; however, concerns regarding alcohol-related harm have led to the development of national policies supporting the establishment of officially endorsed alcohol treatment settings. As a part of these policies, the Iranian Ministry of Health supported the establishment of the first alcohol withdrawal management unit in the psychosomatic unit of Taleghani Hospital in 2015. The purpose of this study is to report on this pilot project. METHODS This was an observational and descriptive study, conducted on 83 patients with alcohol use disorder based on DSM 5 who were consecutively admitted to the unit for alcohol withdrawal management, from March 2017 to March 2018. The demographic data, alcohol use history, comorbid physical and psychiatric conditions, completion of inpatient treatment, length of hospital stay, and adverse events were extracted from the patients' records using a checklist developed by the authors. RESULTS 95.2% of the patients were male. The mean age was 45.3 (±12.2) years. Study participants reported using 38.7 (±29.6) standard drinks in a drinking day during the last year. Mean length of stay was 9.01 (±6.8) days. 81.7% of patients completed the inpatient treatment episode. Six patients (7.2%) had a complicated withdrawal (delirium), and no incidents of a withdrawal seizure were reported during the period of this study. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study providing preliminary results on the safety and effectiveness of symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal management in Iran. The clinical and policy level implications of these findings have been discussed.
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Shokoohi M, Nasiri N, Sharifi H, Baral S, Stranges S. A syndemic of COVID-19 and methanol poisoning in Iran: Time for Iran to consider alcohol use as a public health challenge? Alcohol 2020; 87:25-27. [PMID: 32505493 PMCID: PMC7272173 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Methanol poisoning has been a significant public health challenge for several decades in Iran. Even though alcohol use is highly criminalized, people consume illicit alcohol, which tends to be predominantly homemade and often contains methanol. Consequently, thousands of individual poisonings and hundreds of deaths annually are attributable to methanol poisoning. From February 19, 2020 through April 27, 2020, the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic rapidly expanded in Iran, and has been associated with 90,481 confirmed cases and 5710 confirmed deaths. Secondary to misinformation about the potential for alcohol to neutralize SARS-CoV-2, there has also been a significant escalation in methanol-related morbidity and mortality, with over 5000 people poisoned and over 500 confirmed deaths for the same period from February through April 2020. In some provinces, the case-fatality rate of methanol poisoning was higher than that from COVID-19. The high morbidity and mortality associated with methanol poisoning preceding and exacerbated by COVID-19 highlight the potential population level health impacts of the implementation of evidence-based education and harm reduction strategies focused on alcohol use across Iran.
Mass methanol poisoning outbreaks have become a major public health concern in Iran. More than 5000 methanol poisonings, with more than 500 confirmed deaths, were reported amid the COVID-19 epidemic in Iran. Policymakers should consider developing and implementing public health models to address alcohol use problems.
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- Mostafa Shokoohi
- HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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- HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, Key Populations Program, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Gouda AS, Khattab AM, Mégarbane B. Lessons from a methanol poisoning outbreak in Egypt: Six case reports. World J Crit Care Med 2020; 9:54-62. [PMID: 32844091 PMCID: PMC7416361 DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v9.i3.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Mass methanol poisonings are challenging, especially in regions with no preparedness, management guidelines and available antidotes. CASE SUMMARY Six Ukrainian patients were referred to our emergency department in Cairo, Egypt several hours after drinking an alcoholic beverage made of 70%-ethanol disinfectant bought from a local pharmacy. All patients presented with severe metabolic acidosis and visual impairments. Two were comatose. Management was based on the clinical features and chemistry tests due to deficient resources for methanol leveling. No antidote was administered due to fomepizole unavailability and the difficulties expected to obtain ethanol and safely administer it without concentration monitoring. One patient died from multiorgan failure, another developed blindness and the four other patients rapidly improved. CONCLUSION This methanol poisoning outbreak strongly highlights the lack of safety from hazardous pharmaceuticals sold in pharmacies and limitations due to the lack of diagnostic testing, antidote availability and staff training in countries with limited-resources such as Egypt.
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- Ahmed S Gouda
- National Egyptian Center of Environmental and Toxicological Research, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris 75010, France
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Rostami M. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Alcohol Use Disorders in Iran. Am J Mens Health 2020; 14:1557988320938610. [PMID: 32703079 PMCID: PMC7383685 DOI: 10.1177/1557988320938610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Mehran Rostami
- Deputy of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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Hakimi H, Ahmadi J, Vakilian A, Jamalizadeh A, Kamyab Z, Mehran M, Malekzadeh R, Poustchi H, Eghtesad S, Sardari F, Soleimani M, Khademalhosseini M, Abolghasemi M, Mohammadi M, Sadeghi T, Ayoobi F, Abbasi M, Mohamadi M, Jalali Z, Shamsizadeh A, Esmaeili-Nadimi A. The profile of Rafsanjan Cohort Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2020; 36:243-252. [PMID: 32725579 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-020-00668-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Owning the largest human-made jungle of pistachio, the second largest copper mine, and being located on the trade route of opium transit, distinguish Rafsanjan from many other cities in Iran. The environmental exposures and lifestyle factors associated with these characteristics of Rafsanjan, have raised concern about possible health outcomes for individuals living in and around this city. Thus, local health authorities initiated the Rafsanjan Cohort Study (RCS), as part of the prospective epidemiological research studies in IrAN (PERSIAN). RCS is a population-based prospective cohort of men and women aged 35-70 years, launched in August 2015. Individuals from diverse socioeconomic levels and lifestyles were recruited from four urban and suburban areas of Rafsanjan (participation rate 67.42%). Questionnaire-based interviews regarding demographics, dietary and environmental exposures, medical and occupational history, as well as anthropometric measurements were completed for all participants. Additionally, bio-specimens (blood, urine, hair, and nail) were collected, and dental and eye examinations were performed. The enrollment phase ended in December 2017, and a 15-year follow-up is planned. A total of 9990 individuals were enrolled in RCS (53.41% females). About 26% of men are pistachio farmers. The baseline prevalence of major non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and opium use were 25.45%, 10.02%, and 23.81%, respectively. The mean ± SD of other common risk factors are as follows: body mass index (27.83 ± 4.89 mm Hg), systolic blood pressure (107.18 ± 17.56 mm Hg) diastolic blood pressure (71.13 ± 10.83), fasting blood sugar (113.27 ± 39.11 mg/dL) and plasma cholesterol (198.78 ± 41.89 mg/dL). These results indicate a concerning prevalence of NCD risk factors in Rafsanjan city, warranting further detailed investigations, particularly regarding the association of NDC with agricultural/industrial pollutants and drug abuse.
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- Hamid Hakimi
- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Physiology-Pharmacology Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
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Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Kolahi AA, McDonald R, Hovda KE. Double trouble: methanol outbreak in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran-a cross-sectional assessment. Crit Care 2020; 24:402. [PMID: 32646475 PMCID: PMC7344025 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-020-03140-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, South Karegar Street, Tehran, Iran.
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, South Karegar Street, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- The Norwegian CBRNE Centre of Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Sefidbakht S, Lotfi M, Jalli R, Moghadami M, Sabetian G, Iranpour P. Methanol toxicity outbreak: when fear of COVID-19 goes viral. Emerg Med J 2020; 37:416. [PMID: 32414710 PMCID: PMC7413583 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Sepideh Sefidbakht
- Medical Imaging Research Center, Radiology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)
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- Medical Imaging Research Center, Radiology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)
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- Medical Imaging Research Center, Radiology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Medical Imaging Research Center, Radiology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)
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Al-Ansari B, Noroozi A, Thow AM, Day CA, Mirzaie M, Conigrave KM. Alcohol treatment systems in Muslim majority countries: Case study of alcohol treatment policy in Iran. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2020; 80:102753. [PMID: 32387885 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol is a leading risk factor for death and disability globally. Due to the Islamic prohibition of alcohol consumption, alcohol policy is an under-studied and sensitive topic in Muslim majority countries (MMCs). In addition, drinkers in these countries may face barriers to treatment access due to stigma or the legal status of alcohol. Using Iran as a case study this paper explores how alcohol treatment is planned and delivered in the complex environment of an MMC. METHOD We searched academic and grey literature, clinical manuals, guidelines and policy documents for information on the development and implementation of alcohol treatment policy in Iran. The search was conducted in English, Persian and Arabic. We conducted 6 consultations to verify information obtained. We analysed information based on the Walt & Gilson health policy analysis triangle, which identifies context, process, actors and content as key factors for understanding policy. RESULTS Iran initiated an alcohol-specific national strategy in 2011-2012 that aims to prevent, reduce and treat alcohol use disorders. This strategy has been designed to be implemented on a multi-sectoral level. Screening and prevention are mainly initiated in primary health care and cases are referred accordingly. Alcohol treatment is provided in specialised outpatient and inpatient settings. Due to contextual factors such as stigma, feasibility and affordability, alcohol outpatient units are planned to be integrated into existing public/ private drug addiction treatment facilities. However, the Ministry of Health has faced many challenges in implementing this pilot project. To date only small numbers of outpatient and inpatient units have formally commenced offering alcohol treatment. CONCLUSION Implementing alcohol treatment has been challenging for Iran. Approval of new treatment programs may not be seen as a priority because of the low prevalence of alcohol use disorders in the country. Also, policy makers are implementing treatment services with caution due to the existing alcohol prohibition for the country's Muslim majority population. Barriers to treatment seeking need to be addressed at the micro and macro levels. Support from international agencies such as the WHO could assist MMCs to develop appropriate services that are feasible for their unique alcohol policy environment.
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- Basma Al-Ansari
- Addiction Medicine, Sydney School of Medicine (Central Clinical School), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran; Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine (SATiM), TUMS, Tehran, Iran
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- Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Addiction Medicine, Sydney School of Medicine (Central Clinical School), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Addiction Medicine, Sydney School of Medicine (Central Clinical School), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Reisinger A, Rabensteiner J, Hackl G. Diagnosis of acute intoxications in critically ill patients: focus on biomarkers - part 2: markers for specific intoxications. Biomarkers 2020; 25:112-125. [PMID: 32011177 DOI: 10.1080/1354750x.2020.1725787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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In medical intensive care units, acute intoxications contribute to a large proportion of all patients. Epidemiology and a basic overview on this topic were presented in part one. The purpose of this second part regarding toxicological biomarkers in the ICU setting focuses on specific poisons and toxins. Following the introduction of anion and osmol gap in part one, it's relevance in toxic alcohols and other biomarkers for these poisonings are presented within this publication. Furthermore, the role of markers in the blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid for several intoxications is evaluated. Specific details are presented, amongst others, for cardiovascular drug poisoning, paracetamol (acetaminophen), ethanol, pesticides, ricin and yew tree intoxications. Detailed biomarkers and therapeutic decision tools are shown for carbon monoxide (CO) and cyanide (CN-) poisoning. Also, biomarkers in environmental toxicological situations such as mushroom poisoning and scorpion stings are presented.
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- Alexander Reisinger
- Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Šejvl J, Barták M, Gavurová B, Mašlániová M, Petruželka B, Rogalewicz V, Zacharov S, Miovský M. Public health response to methanol mass poisoning in the Czech Republic in 2012: a case study. Cent Eur J Public Health 2020; 27 Suppl:S29-S39. [PMID: 31901190 DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The study focuses on the 2012 methanol outbreak in the Czech Republic. The main goal of the present study was to apply analytical and descriptive tools to selected qualitative and quantitative processes related to the 2012 methanol outbreak in the Czech Republic. The secondary goal was to study and evaluate in detail their potential for creating integrated conceptual national policies aimed at eliminating the risk of methanol poisoning in the future. METHODS The presented qualitative analysis focused on the content of documents published by Czech public authorities - the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Interior, the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority, and the Regional Public Health Authorities - as well as the content of the relevant legal regulations. Moreover, statistical data concerning the number of hospitalisations and deaths due to the methanol intoxication were used to provide a background to a detailed description of the relevant facts. RESULTS In procedural terms, most of the analysed measures focused on a strongly restrictive regulation of sales, regular information channels designed to protect consumers on the national as well as international level, and elimination of further health and economic risks stemming from the dangerous alcoholic products that had already entered distribution networks. The health, social and economic consequences of such activities are quantified at a highly aggregated level. The analysed institutional ties are evaluated also in the context of international documents: the European Action Plan to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol 2012-2020 and the Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol, and their current potential for steering public policies is assessed. CONCLUSION The analysis and evaluation of procedural activities carried out after the methanol outbreak have laid the foundations for a multidimensional study that can contribute to integrated national policy concepts aimed at preventing these and similar negative health, societal and economic consequences. Six years after the methanol outbreak, national and regional health policies have reflected no findings concerning the experience of patients whose health was impaired due to methanol, and the economic cost of the event has not been calculated. The quality of life of these patients has greatly decreased due to permanent or partial incapacity and serious upheavals of their and their families' economic and social conditions. This opens the question of researching and evaluating multiple aspects of health, social and economic impacts of harmful use of alcohol and setting up processes to mitigate these impacts.
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- Jaroslav Šejvl
- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine with Toxicological Information Centre, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Rulisek J, Waldauf P, Belohlavek J, Balik M, Kotikova K, Hlusicka J, Vaneckova M, Seidl Z, Diblik P, Bydzovsky J, Heissigerova J, Urban P, Miovsky M, Sejvl J, Pelclova D, Zakharov S. Health-related quality of life determinants in survivors of a mass methanol poisoning outbreak: six-year prospective cohort study. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2020; 58:870-880. [PMID: 31913708 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1702994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Purpose: The effect of acute methanol poisoning on the follow-up quality of life of survivors in mass poisoning outbreaks is not known. The objective of this is to study the impact of visual and central nervous system (CNS) sequelae of methanol poisoning on long-term health-related quality of life (QoL) of survivors, its clinical determinants, and dynamics.Materials and methods: A total of 54 patients with confirmed methanol poisoning (mean age 46.7 ± 13.4 years, 9 females) were examined consequently three times within six-year prospective cohort study and compared to 23 controls with the history of chronic alcohol abuse. The following tests were performed: SF-36 QoL questionnaire, visual evoked potentials (VEP) of optic nerve, ocular examination with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurement, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and biochemical and toxicological tests.Results: Acute methanol poisoning led to significant decrease in physical component summary (PCS) compared to PCS of age-adjusted controls (mean score with SD 46.8 ± 11.0 versus 52.3 ± 9.4 points; p = .003). In 17/40 (42.5%) patients with three rounds of examination, signs of severe disability (≤30 points in at least one score) were present six years after discharge, with negative dynamics of PCS score during the observation period. The patients with abnormal RNFL thickness had lower PCS (mean difference 10.5 points; 95%CI 3.5-17.5, p = .004) and mental component summary score (9.5 points; 95%CI 1.9-17.1, p = .015) compared to the patients with normal RNFL. Signs of physical and mental adaptation to long-term visual sequelae were registered with gradual reduction of difference in most of physical and mental components scores compared to the patients with normal RNFL during six years of observation. Signs of hemorrhagic brain lesions were associated with permanent decrease of PCS score (mean difference 7.4 points; 95%CI 0.6-14.0; p = .033), bodily pain (8.7 points; 95%CI 1.6-17.6; p = .018), and social functioning (8.2 points; 95%CI 3.0-17.4; p = .005) six years after discharge. No effect of type of antidote (fomepizole versus ethanol) and extracorporeal enhanced elimination modality (intermittent hemodialysis versus continuous renal replacement therapy) applied in hospital on long-term QoL was found (all p > .05).Conclusion: Acute methanol poisoning was associated with a significant decrease of health-related quality of life of survivors persisting for at least six years after discharge. The more pronounced decrease in QoL scores was observed in the patients with hemorrhagic brain lesions and visual sequelae of poisoning with abnormal RNFL thickness.
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- Jan Rulisek
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Royal Vinohrady Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Zamani N, Rafizadeh A, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Akhavan-Tavakoli A, Ghorbani-Samin M, Akhgari M, Shariati S. Evaluation of methanol content of illegal beverages using GC and an easier modified Chromotropic acid method; a cross sectional study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2019. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-019-0244-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background
Methanol is highly toxic to human beings and naturally exists in some beverages. Having access to an easy and cheap method for its determination is of great importance to increase the safety of use of these beverages. Our main aim is to evaluate methanol concentration of some alcoholic beverages in Iran black market and compare it with the European and US standards. Also, we evaluated the efficacy of a newly designed and produced chemical kit in determining the risk of methanol toxicity by drinking of such samples compared to gas chromatography method.
Methods
Methanol content of suspected alcoholic beverages referred to forensic toxicology laboratory, Guilan province, Iran was measured using gas chromatography and a recently designed kit based on modified colorimetric chromotropic acid method.
Results
Of 1221 samples, 145 (11.9%) had no ethanol content, while in three samples (0.25%), methanol was high enough (700,000; 870,000; 920,000 mg/L) to cause severe methanol toxicity. Median [IQR] ethanol content of the suspected samples was 9% [3.7, 32.75]. Methanol was detected in 128 (10.48%) samples using gas chromatography method and 160 samples (13.1%) with designed kit with 100% sensitivity, 97.07% specificity, and 100% negative-predictive-value.
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Alcoholic beverages produced in local black market in Iran are not safe at all. The application of the new method is practical, rapid, easy, and accurate to evaluate the risk of methanol toxicity in suspected alcoholic drinks.
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Zamani N, Rafizadeh A, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Akhavan-Tavakoli A, Ghorbani-Samin M, Akhgari M, Shariati S. Evaluation of methanol content of illegal beverages using GC and an easier modified Chromotropic acid method; a cross sectional study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2019; 14:56. [PMID: 31842979 PMCID: PMC6916049 DOI: 10.1186/s13011-019-0244-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Methanol is highly toxic to human beings and naturally exists in some beverages. Having access to an easy and cheap method for its determination is of great importance to increase the safety of use of these beverages. Our main aim is to evaluate methanol concentration of some alcoholic beverages in Iran black market and compare it with the European and US standards. Also, we evaluated the efficacy of a newly designed and produced chemical kit in determining the risk of methanol toxicity by drinking of such samples compared to gas chromatography method. METHODS Methanol content of suspected alcoholic beverages referred to forensic toxicology laboratory, Guilan province, Iran was measured using gas chromatography and a recently designed kit based on modified colorimetric chromotropic acid method. RESULTS Of 1221 samples, 145 (11.9%) had no ethanol content, while in three samples (0.25%), methanol was high enough (700,000; 870,000; 920,000 mg/L) to cause severe methanol toxicity. Median [IQR] ethanol content of the suspected samples was 9% [3.7, 32.75]. Methanol was detected in 128 (10.48%) samples using gas chromatography method and 160 samples (13.1%) with designed kit with 100% sensitivity, 97.07% specificity, and 100% negative-predictive-value. CONCLUSIONS Alcoholic beverages produced in local black market in Iran are not safe at all. The application of the new method is practical, rapid, easy, and accurate to evaluate the risk of methanol toxicity in suspected alcoholic drinks.
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- Nasim Zamani
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, South Kargar Street, Tehran, Iran
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- Departments of Nursing & Midwifery, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, South Kargar Street, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Forensic Toxicology, Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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Mégarbane B, Hassanian-Moghaddam H. Is fomepizole the antidote to recommend in mass methanol outbreaks? Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2019; 58:504. [PMID: 31663389 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1682152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Bruno Mégarbane
- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, Inserm UMRS 1144, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Rasamison R, Besson H, Berleur MP, Schicchi A, Mégarbane B. Analysis of fomepizole safety based on a 16-year post-marketing experience in France. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2019; 58:742-747. [PMID: 31608703 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1676899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Introduction: Fomepizole has been recommended as first-line antidote to treat ethylene glycol and methanol poisoning. Despite more than 30 years of utilization, the safety of fomepizole when used clinically has not been well documented. Based on the long-standing clinical experience with fomepizole in France, we investigated its safety profile in patients treated for suspected toxic alcohol poisoning.Methods: We designed a 16-year post-marketing study to evaluate the indications for fomepizole prescriptions and to investigate its safety. Data were retrospectively collected using a standardized questionnaire sent each month by post to each French hospital that ordered fomepizole during the month before. The response rate to our survey was 59%.Results: Five hundred and thirty-six patients [188 females/348 males; age, 46 years [34-55] (median [25th-75th percentiles])] were treated with fomepizole [cumulative dose, 18.6 mg/kg [15.5-26.3] (1,268 mg [900-2,100])]. Ethylene glycol/methanol poisoning was confirmed in 275 patients (51%) while a nontoxic exposure was diagnosed in 147 patients (27%). Toxic alcohol poisoning was misdiagnosed in the remaining 114 patients (21%), before the assessment of an alternative poisoning or non-poisoning diagnosis. Fifty adverse reactions were attributed to fomepizole in 36 patients (7%) including general reactions (N = 22), local reactions (N = 22) and laboratory test impairments (N = 6). All were considered mild and transient. None required stopping fomepizole. The most frequent adverse effects were injection site pain/burning (N = 13), nausea/vomiting (N = 8), vessel puncture site inflammation (N = 7), drowsiness/confusion (N = 5) and serum aminotransferase elevation (N = 3). None of the fatalities (N = 37, 7%) or persistent symptoms on discharge (N = 9; 2%) was related to fomepizole.Conclusion: Our longitudinal cohort study supports the safety of fomepizole administered to treat presumed EG and methanol poisoning.
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- Riana Rasamison
- AGEPS, Pharmaceutical Establishment of Paris Hospitals, APHP, Paris, France
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- AGEPS, Pharmaceutical Establishment of Paris Hospitals, APHP, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Federation of Toxicology APHP, Lariboisière Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France.,Poison Control Centre and National Toxicology Information Centre - Toxicology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS Maugeri Hospital and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Federation of Toxicology APHP, Lariboisière Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France.,Inserm Umrs 1144, University of Paris, Paris, France
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Identifying the Challenges of Prehospital and Hospital Emergency Services During the Management of Alcohol Poisoning Disaster in the City of Rafsanjan. ADDICTIVE DISORDERS & THEIR TREATMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1097/adt.0000000000000159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Aghababaeian H, Araghi Ahvazi L, Ostadtaghizadeh A. The Methanol Poisoning Outbreaks in Iran 2018. Alcohol Alcohol 2019; 54:128-130. [PMID: 30715164 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agz005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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AIMS To present epidemiological data, probable causes and lessons learned from the outbreak of methanol poisoning in Iran in September 2018, and relate this to the increasing incidence of methanol poisoning worldwide over recent decades. METHOD Analysis of all available reliable field information, official news reports and reports from the country's forensic medicine organization and the Ministry of Health. RESULTS Overall, 768 people in Iran were documented as poisoned from September 7 to October 7 2018 by consuming an informal alcohol containing methanol, of whom 76 died (10.1% fatality rate); 460 subjects attended state hospitals due to acute methanol poisoning of whom 42 (9.13%) died. Those who were hospitalized comprised 177 subjects (38.4%), with 241 subjects (52.3%) seen and discharged. Males comprised 93% of the deaths. About 41% of those poisoned were aged 25-36. Outbreaks were reported in 21 provinces. CONCLUSION These data indicate a high fatality rate of methanol poisoning in Iran, something seen also in some other countries. Considering that such outbreaks take place more in low-income and Islamic countries due to ignorance and legal constraints, it seems necessary to seek an effective educational model for raising public awareness and a fully native and early warning system in this regard to reduce the damage and enhance readiness to deal with the health effects of such outbreaks.
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- Hamidreza Aghababaeian
- Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Nursing & Emergency Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran.,Department of Nursing and Emergency, Institute for Health in Emergencies and Disaster Research, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran
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- Department of Nursing & Emergency Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran.,Department of Nursing and Emergency, Institute for Health in Emergencies and Disaster Research, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran
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- Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Folate and its derivatives have long been used as an adjunctive treatment in methanol poisoning. Methanol is ultimately metabolized to formate, the toxic compound. The accumulation of formate can lead to acidemia, retinal damage, visual impairment, and death. Formate is converted to carbon dioxide and water in a folate-dependent manner, and folate is often given in cases of methanol poisoning. In this paper, the evidence for folate as an adjunctive therapy in methanol poisoning is reviewed.
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- Jillian Theobald
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA
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Al-Ansari B, Thow AM, Mirzaie M, Day CA, Conigrave KM. Alcohol policy in Iran: Policy content analysis. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2019; 73:185-198. [PMID: 31377053 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Muslim majority countries (MMCs) typically have limited alcohol policy development due to Islamic prohibition of alcohol consumption. In response to recent increases in alcohol consumption and related harms, MMCs have introduced civil alcohol policies, ranging from total prohibition to European-style regulations. Using Iran as a case study, we describe how alcohol prohibition is translated into policy in the face of influences from globalisation. METHODS We collected information from publicly available literature and policy documents, because of the sensitivity of the topic of alcohol in Iran. The search was conducted in English and Persian. We verified information through consultations with policy actors. We also reviewed newspapers over periods just before the 1979 Islamic revolution, and before and after the 2011 alcohol policy (2008-2010; 2014-2016) was introduced. We analysed policy content based on WHO policy recommendations and used the Walt & Gilson health framework to identify policy content, context, actors and process. RESULTS Despite its broad approach of civil prohibition with concessions for the non-Muslim population, Iran has developed approaches to reduce the harmful impacts of alcohol and adopted nine of ten policy interventions recommended by WHO. Pricing policy was the only intervention not used. We identified contextual challenges, such as resources, stigma and cultural offence that influence policy development. CONCLUSION MMCs face challenges in creating civil alcohol policies. Iran has taken steps, including a national alcohol strategy, to reduce alcohol-related harms. The socio-cultural, governance and historical context have shaped Iran's adaptation of policy interventions recommended by WHO.
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- Basma Al-Ansari
- Addiction Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Addiction Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Addiction Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Roberts DM, Brent J, McMartin K, Aaron C, Eddleston M, Dargan PI, Olson K, Nelson L, Bhalla A, Hantson P, Jacobsen D, Megarbane B, Balali-Mood M, Buckley NA, Zakharov S, Paasma R, Jarwani B, Mirafzal A, Salek T, Hovda KE. Consensus statements on the approach to patients in a methanol poisoning outbreak. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2019; 57:1129-1136. [PMID: 31328583 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1636992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background: Methanol poisoning is an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Although it often occurs as smaller sporadic events, epidemic outbreaks are not uncommon due to the illicit manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.Objective: We aimed to define methanol poisoning outbreak (MPO), outline an approach to triaging an MPO, and define criteria for prioritizing antidotes, extracorporeal elimination treatments (i.e., dialysis), and indications for transferring patients in the context of an MPO.Methods: We convened a group of experts from across the world to explore geographical, socio-cultural and clinical considerations in the management of an MPO. The experts answered specific open-ended questions based on themes aligned to the goals of this project. This project used a modified Delphi process. The discussion continued until there was condensation of themes.Results: We defined MPO as a sudden increase in the number of cases of methanol poisoning during a short period of time above what is normally expected in the population in that specific geographic area. Prompt initiation of an antidote is necessary in MPOs. Scarce hemodialysis resources require triage to identify patients most likely to benefit from this treatment. The sickest patients should not be transferred unless the time for transfer is very short. Transporting extracorporeal treatment equipment and antidotes may be more efficient.Conclusion: We have developed consensus statements on the response to a methanol poisoning outbreak. These can be used in any country and will be most effective when they are discussed by health authorities and clinicians prior to an outbreak.
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- Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Department of Renal Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,NSW Poisons Information Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, USA
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- Michigan Regional Poison Control Center at Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.,Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Université catholique de Louvain, Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles-Department of Intensive Care, Brussels, Belgium.,Université catholique de Louvain, Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles-Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, INSERM UMRS 1144, Paris-Diderot University, Paris, France
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- Medical Toxicology Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Toxicological Information Centre, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, Pärnu County Hospital, Pärnu, Estonia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Clinical biochemistry and pharmacology, Tomas Bata Hospital, ZLÍN, Czech Republic
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- The Norwegian CBRNE Centre of Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Zakharov S, Rulisek J, Hlusicka J, Kotikova K, Navratil T, Komarc M, Vaneckova M, Seidl Z, Diblik P, Bydzovsky J, Heissigerova J, Zogala D, Hubacek JA, Miovsky M, Sejvl J, Vojtova L, Pelclova D. The impact of co-morbidities on a 6-year survival after methanol mass poisoning outbreak: possible role of metabolic formaldehyde. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2019; 58:241-253. [PMID: 31298045 DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1637525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Context: The influence of co-morbid conditions on the outcome of acute methanol poisoning in mass poisoning outbreaks is not known.Objective: The objective of this is to study the impact of burden of co-morbidities, complications, and methanol-induced brain lesions on hospital, follow-up, and total mortality.Methods: All patients hospitalized with methanol poisoning during a mass poisoning outbreak were followed in a prospective cohort study until death or final follow-up after 6 years. The age-adjusted Charlson co-morbidity index (ACCI) score was calculated for each patient. A multivariate Cox regression model was used to calculate the adjusted hazards ratio (HR) for death. The survival was modeled using the Kaplan-Meier method.Results: Of 108 patients (mean age with SD 50.9 ± 2.6 years), 24 (54.4 ± 5.9 years) died during hospitalization (mean survival with SD 8 ± 4 days) and 84 (49.9 ± 3.0 years; p = .159) were discharged, including 27 with methanol-induced brain lesions. Of the discharged patients, 15 (56.3 ± 6.8 years) died during the follow-up (mean survival 37 ± 11 months) and 69 (48.5 ± 3.3 years; p = .044) survived. The hospital mortality was 22%, the follow-up mortality was 18%; the total mortality was 36%. Cardiac/respiratory arrest, acute respiratory failure, multiorgan failure syndrome, and arterial hypotension increased the HR for hospital and total (but not follow-up) mortality after adjustment for age, sex, and arterial pH (all p < .05). All patients who died in the hospital had at least one complication. A higher ACCI score was associated with greater total mortality (HR 1.22; 1.00-1.48 95% CI; p = .046). Of those who died, 35 (90%) had a moderate-to-high ACCI. The Kaplan-Meier curve demonstrated that patients with a high ACCI had greater follow-up mortality compared to ones with low (p = .027) or moderate (p = .020) scores. For the patients who died during follow-up, cancers of different localizations were responsible for 7/15 (47%) of the deaths.Conclusions: The character and number of complications affected hospital but not follow-up mortality, while the burden of co-morbidities affected follow-up mortality. Methanol-induced brain lesions did not affect follow-up mortality. Relatively high cancer mortality rate may be associated with acute exposure to metabolic formaldehyde produced by methanol oxidation.
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- Sergey Zakharov
- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Biomimetic Electrochemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Methodology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Toxicological Information Centre, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Mana J, Vaneckova M, Klempíř J, Lišková I, Brožová H, Poláková K, Seidl Z, Miovský M, Pelclová D, Bukačová K, Maréchal B, Kober T, Zakharov S, Růžička E, Bezdicek O. Methanol Poisoning as an Acute Toxicological Basal Ganglia Lesion Model: Evidence from Brain Volumetry and Cognition. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2019; 43:1486-1497. [DOI: 10.1111/acer.14077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Josef Mana
- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- MR Unit Department of Radiodiagnostics First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
- Institute of Anatomy First Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- MR Unit Department of Radiodiagnostics First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Addictology Charles University First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Prague Czech Republic
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- Toxicological Information Centre Department of Occupational Medicine First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology Siemens Healthcare AG Lausanne Switzerland
- Department of Radiology University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV) Lausanne Switzerland
- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS 5) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology Siemens Healthcare AG Lausanne Switzerland
- Department of Radiology University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV) Lausanne Switzerland
- Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS 5) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland
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- Toxicological Information Centre Department of Occupational Medicine First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic
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Lao Y, Pham BD, Le HT, Nguyen Van H, Hovda KE. Methanol content in homemade alcohol from a province in North Vietnam. Drug Alcohol Rev 2019; 38:537-542. [PMID: 31095796 DOI: 10.1111/dar.12937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Methanol poisonings pose a major risk especially where illegal alcohol is consumed. The source of the methanol in the drinks are debated. We aimed to evaluate whether home distillation of alcohol made from rice was capable of producing toxic amounts of methanol. DESIGN AND METHODS Twenty households with homemade alcohol production in Phu Tho province in Vietnam were included in this pilot study. We followed the whole production process and an alcohol sample from each household was analysed for methanol content. RESULTS 17 (85%) of the samples contained detectable levels of methanol. The median concentration was 9 mg/L (range 2-37 mg/L). To develop clinical symptoms of methanol poisoning from the sample with the highest concentration would require drinking more than 424 L. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Homemade alcohol from rice did not contain sufficient amount of methanol to cause toxicity in our study. This supports the theory of methanol being added to ethanol post production for economical purposes as the main source of mass poisonings.
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- Yvonne Lao
- Norwegian National Unit for CBRNE Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Preventive medicine and Public health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Preventive medicine and Public health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Preventive medicine and Public health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Norwegian National Unit for CBRNE Medicine, Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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A public health approach to alcohol use and its related harms in Iran. LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 4:e175-e176. [DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30038-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hlusicka J, Loster T, Lischkova L, Vaneckova M, Diblik P, Urban P, Navratil T, Kacer P, Kacerova T, Zakharov S. Markers of nucleic acids and proteins oxidative damage in acute methanol poisoning. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00706-019-2370-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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