Table 4.
Outcome of patients with methanol intoxication, stratified according to status of renal damage as AKI or non-AKI (n = 50)
| Variable | AKI patients (n = 33) |
Non-AKI patients (n = 17) |
All patients (N = 50) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastric lavage, n (%) | 22 (66.7) | 7 (41.2) | 29 (58.0) | 0.084 |
| Endotracheal intubation, n (%) | 21 (63.6) | 5 (29.4) | 26 (52.0) | 0.022* |
| Inotropic agent infusion, n (%) | 13 (39.4) | 3 (17.6) | 16 (32.0) | 0.118 |
| Sodium bicarbonate, n (%) | 27 (81.8) | 7 (41.2) | 34 (68.0) | 0.004** |
| Ethanol, n (%) | 13 (39.4) | 8 (47.1) | 21 (42.0) | 0.603 |
| Fomepizole, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.000 |
| Folic acid, n (%) | 18 (54.5) | 8 (47.1) | 26 (52.0) | 0.616 |
| Haemodialysis, n (%) | 24 (72.7) | 13 (76.5) | 37 (74.0) | 0.775 |
| Duration of hospitalization, day | 9.5 ± 9.1 | 8.8 ± 8.0 | 9.2 ± 8.7 | 0.785 |
| In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 13 (39.4) | 1 (5.9) | 14 (28.0) | 0.012* |
*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01