Abstract

MORA TORRES, Magdalena. Intoxicación alcohólica. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2016, vol.33, n.2, pp.66-76. ISSN 2215-5287.

Intoxication is considered a pathological manifestation defined by the signs and symptoms secondary to the action of one or more doses of a toxic agent and its evolution may lead to an irreversible subject to state and even to death.

Every year about a million people as a result of various poisonings. Alcohol intoxication is caused by alcohols, organic compounds derived hydrocarbons and consist of hydroxyl groups. Ethanol is the alcohol intoxication occurs more frequently because it is the most common and the most accessible to the population is, this results in multiple abnormalities in the nervous system and other body systems.

Keywords : Alcohol poisoning; chemical trauma; effects of alcohol.

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