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Table 2 Participants according to severity groups

From: Clinical presentation and management of methanol poisoning outbreaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a retrospective analysis

Variable

Category

pH > 7.2, no coma, no seizure

pH 7.0-7.2, no coma, no seizure

pH < 7.0, coma, or seizure

N/mean

%/SD

N/mean

%/SD

N/mean

%/SD

Gender

Male

3

16

11

58

4

21

Female

0

0

0

0

4

100

Age (years)

38

28

27

3

28

5

Hospital Length of stay (days)

2

2

3

2

6

4

Hospital Length of stay

< 24 h

2

50

1

25

0

0

24–48 h

0

0

5

63

3

38

> 48 h

1

9

5

46

5

46

Complaints

Nausea or vomiting

2

12

10

59

5

29

Decrease level of consciousness

0

0

4

40

6

60

Coma

0

0

0

0

2

100

Blindness

0

0

0

0

1

100

Impaired vision

0

0

8

89

1

11

Dizziness

0

0

4

100

0

0

Abdominal pain

0

0

5

71

2

29

Seizure

0

0

0

0

3

100

Asymptomatic

1

100

0

0

0

0

Fever

0

0

1

100

0

0

Arrest

0

0

0

0

0

0

Blood pressure

Normal

3

100

11

100

6

75

Hypotension

0

0

0

0

2

25

Heart rate

Normal

2

67

7

64

5

63

Tachycardia

1

33

4

36

3

37

Respiratory rate

Normal

2

66

8

73

3

37

Tachypnic

1

33

3

27

5

63

SpO2

Normal

3

100

11

100

7

88

< 94%

0

0

0

0

1

12

Mean Glasgow Coma Scale

15

0

14

2

8

5

VBG

PH

7.233

0

7.123

0

6.778

0

HCO3 (mmol/l)

15.5

3

9.1

2

13.9

26

Pco2

36.8

6

27

3

35.3

18

Blood

WBC (cells/mm3)

8.96

3

14.34

6

19.72

6

Methanol concentration (mg/dl)

117.44

69

112.82

46

136.79

74

Ethanol concentration (mg/dl)

2

0

2

0

2

0

Hemoglobin (gm/L)

231

109

159

49

159

15

Platelet (^10^9/L)

249

50

316

100

394

60

Potassium (mmol/L)

4.47

1

4.83

1

5.61

1

Sodium (mmol/L)

134

3

135

2

136

5

Creatinine (µmol/L)

78

11

109

19

139

54

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.4

1

5.7

2

12.9

5

BUN (mmol/L)

4.8

0

5.5

2

5.7

3

ALT (U/L)

25

19

33

27

26

7

AST (U/L)

25

7

28

6

32

8

Amylase (U/L)

56

.

143

178

91

53

AGAP (mmol/L)

25

9

29

6

37

7

Lactic acid (mmol/L)

1.84

1

2.43

1

9.41

4

Osmolality (mOsm/kg)

315

37

336

14

362

40

Brain CT finding

Not done

3

20

10

67

1

7

Normal

0

0

1

50

1

50

Brain edematous changes

0

0

0

0

4

100

No brain perfusion

0

0

0

0

2

100

Fomepizole

3

14

11

50

8

36

Time to initiation of fomepizole

(hours)

1

2

20

4

40

4

40

2

0

0

2

67

1

33

3

0

0

2

67

1

33

4

0

0

1

100

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

1

100

Dialysis

2

10

11

55

7

35

How many times of dialysis

1

1

8

8

67

3

25

2

1

17

3

50

2

33

3

0

0

0

0

2

100

Time to initiation of HD

(hours)

1

0

0

0

0

1

100

3

0

0

1

100

0

0

4

1

14

4

57

2

29

5

0

0

1

50

1

50

7

0

0

0

0

2

100

8

0

0

3

100

0

0

10

0

0

1

50

1

50

12

1

50

1

50

0

0

NaHCO3

3

13

11

48

8

35

Time to NaHCO3 initiation

(hours)

1

2

18

3

27

6

55

2

0

0

1

100

0

0

3

0

0

3

75

1

25

4

0

0

1

100

0

0

Folate

Yes

2

11

9

47

8

42

Intubation

Yes

0

0

2

20

8

80

Impaired vision

Yes

0

0

4

57

3

43

Cognitive impairment

Yes

0

0

0

0

5

100

Brain death

Yes

0

0

0

0

3

100

Ophthalmology evaluation

No available

1

9

4

36

5

46

Impaired vision

0

0

4

57

3

43

Normal

2

40

3

60

0

0

Disposition from ER

Ward

3

33

6

67

0

0

Intensive care unit

0

0

4

36

7

64

Death

0

0

0

0

1

50

Home

0

0

1

100

0

0

Final disposition

Home

3

18

10

59

4

24

Death

0

0

0

0

3

75

Leave against medical advice

0

0

1

50

1

50

  1. ED: Emergency department; HD: hemodialysis; NaHCO3: Sodium bicarbonate; VBG: Venous blood gas