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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
Chapter 179. Alcohols
Sections: Epidemiology, Ethanol, Isopropanol, Methanol and Ethylene Glycol, Acknowledgments, References.
Topics Discussed: alcohol intoxication; alcohol-induced disorders; alcohols.
Excerpt:"Any alcohol (hydroxylated hydrocarbon) has the potential for
toxicity. The term toxic alcohols is generally
used to refer to methanol and ethylene glycol. All alcohols cause
clinical inebriation, with the strength of the inebriating effects
directly proportional to the alcohol's molecular weight;
hence, at the same concentration, isopropanol is more intoxicating
than ethanol (Figure 179-1)...."
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