Anion gap‐opening metabolic acidosis and urinary findings in the early diagnosis of ethylene glycol poisoning: A case report

Causative agent identification is important in the treatment of poisoning. We report the case of a patient who presented with an altered level of consciousness after drinking a fluorescent pink liquid. Upon measuring the anion gap and urinary calcium oxalate level, the patient was diagnosed with ear...

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Autores principales: Ukita, Kentaro, Otomune, Kanako, Fujimoto, Ryo, Hasegawa, Kanako, Izumikawa, Koichi, Morimoto, Nobutoshi, Sasaki, Kazuhiro, Hirasaki, Akihito, Takaguchi, Koichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8741873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5215
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Sumario:Causative agent identification is important in the treatment of poisoning. We report the case of a patient who presented with an altered level of consciousness after drinking a fluorescent pink liquid. Upon measuring the anion gap and urinary calcium oxalate level, the patient was diagnosed with early ethylene glycol poisoning.

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