Abstract

OLAYA ACOSTA, Hernando Andrés; CASTELLANOS GARZON, Rafael Gustavo; VIDES VELASQUEZ, Alberto Adolfo  and  RODRIGUEZ PRADA, Catalina. Ethylotherapy in the Emergency Service. A Review of the Literature. Univ. Med. [online]. 2020, vol.61, n.2, pp.22-33.  Epub Jan 30, 2020. ISSN 0041-9095.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed61-2.etil.

Ethyl alcohol has been used as a treatment for clinical conditions of toxic origin for decades, for the modification of metabolic processes that diminish the deleterious effects of some toxic alcohols that, after exposure, have an important organic impact and even death. Fomepizole is the antidote for toxic alcohols, and its mechanism of action is the inhibition of alcohol dehydrogenase. Ethanol is used therapeutically to inhibit alcohol dehydrogenase when fomepizole is not available. This is why in this article we want to evaluate the scientific evidence regarding the use of ethyl alcohol as a therapy in alcohol poisoning, as well as important aspects of fomepizole.

Keywords : alcoholic intoxication; ethanol; methanol; ethylene glycol.

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