The Claim

Hemodialysis reversed severe metabolic acidosis and neurological depression in a patient with combined isopropyl alcohol toxicity and alcoholic ketoacidosis, despite the absence of standard indications for dialysis in isopropanol poisoning, indicating that dialysis may be clinically warranted in cases of mixed toxic-metabolic derangements with renal impairment when standard guidelines do not explicitly recommend it.

Source: Severe Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis From Isopropyl Alcohol and Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: A Diagnostic Challenge

What the research says

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In plain English

Hemodialysis corrected severe metabolic acidosis and neurological depression in a patient with combined isopropyl alcohol toxicity and alcoholic ketoacidosis, even though standard medical guidelines did not indicate dialysis was needed for this condition.

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Hemodialysis rapidly reversed severe metabolic acidosis and neurological depression in a patient with combined isopropyl alcohol toxicity and alcoholic ketoacidosis, despite the absence of typical indications for dialysis in isopropanol poisoning, suggesting that in cases of mixed toxic-metabolic derangements with renal impairment, dialysis may be clinically warranted even when standard guidelines do not explicitly recommend it.

Why this might work

When someone drinks isopropanol and has long-term alcohol use, the body turns isopropanol into acetone, which builds up with other ketones from alcohol metabolism. This causes severe blood acidity and brain depression. Hemodialysis pulls these toxins out of the blood quickly, which fixes the acid levels and wakes the person up.

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What the research says

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  1. Study: Severe Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis From Isopropyl Alcohol and Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: A Diagnostic Challenge

    When a person with chronic alcohol use drinks isopropyl alcohol and gets very sick with acid buildup in the blood, regular treatments don’t help — but dialysis quickly fixes it, even though doctors usually wouldn’t use dialysis for this poison alone.

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