Acute methanol poisoning

Abstract

According to the state report «On the state of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population in the Russian Federation in 2021», the indicator of acute poisoning with alcohol- containing products amounted to 21.19 cases per 100 thousand population [1]. The purpose of the study: analytical toxicological analysis, features of diagnosis and intensive care of patients hospitalized with acute methanol poisoning in the toxicological center of the metropolis. Materials and methods of research. The medical documents of 46 patients admitted to the Acute Poisoning Center were analyzed GBU St. Petersburg Research Institute of Joint Venture named after I. I. Janelidze in 2019–2022 with a diagnosis of «Acute methanol poisoning». Category ICD-10: T51.1. A statistical and chemical- toxicological study was conducted upon admission of patients to the hospital and in dynamics after intensive care. The results of the study. According to the data of the Central Research Center of the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Joint Venture named after I. I. Janelidze, the number of patients with acute methyl alcohol poisoning was: 2019, 10 patients were admitted (of which 3 patients died); 2020, 11 patients (3 died); 2021, 12 patients out of 15 patients died; 2022, out of 10 patients with acute poisoning 7 patients died with methanol. All admitted patients with acute methyl alcohol poisoning were in critical condition with severe disorders of vital organs. Conclusion: methanol poisoning occupies one of the leading places among acute poisoning of chemical etiology both in frequency and in the number of adverse outcomes. They are characterized by severe medical, social and economic consequences.