Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Ajay Raithatha

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• Case Report
  An Unusual Case of Intoxication: High Blood Alcohol Levels without Alcohol Ingestion
  Author(s): Filippo Sanfilippo, Ajay Raithatha, Mimmo Scollo and Renato Bernardini Filippo Sanfilippo, Ajay Raithatha, Mimmo Scollo and Renato Bernardini
  
  We describe an unusual case of intentional intoxication through inhalational abuse of hairspray. On the scene, paramedics found a haemodynamically stable but unconscious female surrounded by more than 100 cans of hairspray. On arrival to the emergency department the patient had recovered consciousness, and was only mildly confused. Blood samples showed severe metabolic acidosis with an increased anion gap and, deranged Urea, Creatinine and Creatine phosphoKinase (CpK). The patient was then admitted to the high-dependency unit, while simultaneously receiving intravenous hydration. The metabolic features improved over the next few hours, and renal replacement therapy was not initiated. However the patient remained confused for a 24-hours period, in a “hangover-like” state, despite the metabolic parameters returning to normal. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000520

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