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Acute Ethanol Intoxication: Αn Overlooked Cause of High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis With a Marked Increase in Serum Osmolal Gap

Measurement of serum osmolal gap is a useful tool in suspected toxic alcohol ingestion. Normal levels of osmolal gap are typically <10 mOsm/kg). Osmolal gap >20 mOsm/kg is usually caused by ingestion of methanol, ethylene glycol, isopropanol, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, or organic sol...

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Autores principales: Liontos, Angelos, Samanidou, Valentini, Athanasiou, Lazaros, Filippas-Ntekouan, Sebastien, Milionis, Charalambos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168210
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37292