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. 1974 Aug;50(586):515–517. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.50.586.515

Acute ethanol poisoning treated by haemodialysis

R W Elliott, P R Hunter
PMCID: PMC2495661  PMID: 4464517

Abstract

A non-alcoholic patient with severe ethanol poisoning who was deteriorating clinically despite adequate supportive therapy was successfully treated by haemodialysis.

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