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Breath Alcohol Analyzer Mistakes Methanol Poisoning for Alcohol Intoxication
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 10/16/09
Caravati EM et al. – This is a unique clinical case of a breath alcohol analyzer reporting methanol as ethanol. Intoxilyzer devices have been shown to indicate some substances (acetone) as interferents in humans but not methanol. Increased serum concentrations of methanol can be reported as ethanol by a commonly used breath alcohol analyzer, which can result in a delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis and subsequent methanol toxicity if antidotal treatment is not administered in a timely manner.
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