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Intoxicación con goma laca - Overview

Definición:

Se trata de la intoxicación por la ingestión de barniz o goma laca.

Esto es sólo para fines de información y no para usarse en el tratamiento o manejo de una exposición tóxica real. De ocurrir, debe llamar de emergencia local (tal como 911) o al Centro de Control de Envenenamiento nacional, al 1-800-222-1222.

Elemento tóxico:

Etanol
Isopropanol
Metanol
Metilisobutilcetona

Dónde se encuentra:

Removedor de pintura
Goma laca o barniz de laca
Productos para acabados de la madera

Nota: es posible que esta lista no los incluya a todos.

Reviewed last on: 2/3/2010
Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Jacobsen D, Hovda KE. Methanol, ethylene glycol, and other toxic alcohols. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 32.

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