Thanks Dr An Le for his presentation on ethylene glycol toxicity.
Ethylene-Glycol-Poisoning-1
Key points:
- key ingredient in antifreeze and other industrial products
- any deliberate or significant ingestions are potentially lethal (>0.5ml/kg)
- produces characteristic toxidrome with CNS depression, metabolic raised anion gap raised osmolar gap acidosis and potentially renal failure
- antidote is ethanol
- disposition is usually to HDU