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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol
General concepts for toxic alcohols:
• Parent compounds (not metabolites) cause high osmolal
not metabolites) cause ... high osmolal gap ... to lactate --> causes ... lactic acidosis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
High Anion Gap Metabolic ... Aspirin - salicylate ... toxicity causes ... Ketoacidosis - diabetic, alcohol ... GOLDMARK #mnemonic #nephrology
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... Labs show anion-gap ... #Salicylate #Aspirin ... #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management
Methanol intoxication:
 • Accidental or intentional ingestion of adulterated
Clinical Features, Diagnosis ... , and Management ... methanol; rare cases ... #diagnosis #toxicology ... comparison #table #management
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Methanol
Solvent found in cleaning and printing solutions, adhesives, stains, paint removers,
antifreeze agent in
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... gasoline additive Pharmacology ... osmolal gap # ... Diagnosis #Management ... #Toxicology #Methanol
Salicylate Poisoning - Toxicology

Acute toxicity = vomiting, tachypnea, tinnitus, diaphoresis, and lethargy. This may progress to
Salicylate Poisoning - Toxicology ... Blood gas usually ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Management ... #Aspirin