[Group intoxication with 2-ethoxyethanol as an ethanol substitute].

In this paper the authors presented the group 2-ethoxyethanol intoxication of 8 young men aged between 20 to 22. 50-100 ml of pure compound (diluted with water) was administrated as a drink. In this paper symptoms of acute intoxication to this compound were presented. GC-FID and GC-MS were used as diagnostic tools. The obtained results were compared with the data from available literature.