Journal of Clinical Toxicology
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0495
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0495
+44 1478 350008
Youichi Yanagawa
2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421
Japan
Research Article
Characteristics of Severe Alcoholic Ketoacidosis with a Reversible Visual Disturbance
Author(s): Youichi Yanagawa, Yohei Hirano, Masaaki Takemoto, Tetsuhiro Takei, Toshitaka Ito and Toshiaki IbaYouichi Yanagawa, Yohei Hirano, Masaaki Takemoto, Tetsuhiro Takei, Toshitaka Ito and Toshiaki Iba
Purpose: To clarify the characteristics of AKA patients with visual disturbances.
Material and methods: An Ichushi and Pubmed search was undertaken to identify articles that reported patients with visual disturbances due to AKA. The clinical data in the articles were reviewed. This study also performed a subanalysis by classifying the patients with visual disturbance due to AKA into two groups: an arrest group, which experienced cardiac arrest during hospitalization and a no-arrest group, which did not.
Results: There were 12 case reports describing patients with visual disturbances due to AKA. There were 14 patients who showed a visual disturbance due to AKA. There were 11 males and 3 females. The range of age was from 44 to 68, with an average of 55 years old. Seven cases had loss of consciousness and the systolic blood pressure of in 12 cases was unde.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0495.S7-001