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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... acute or chronic ingestion ... #Salicylate #Aspirin ... #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of elevated osmolal gaps. For the 341 patients who presented with elevated osmolal gap (OG)
presentation to the medical ... toxic alcohol ingestion ... toxic alcohol ingestions ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology ... Osmolar #Osmolal #Gap
Causes of elevated osmolal gaps. For the 341 patients who presented with elevated osmolal gap (OG)
presentation to the medical ... toxic alcohol ingestion ... toxic alcohol ingestions ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology ... Osmolar #Osmolal #Gap
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol
General concepts for toxic alcohols:
• Parent compounds (not metabolites) cause high osmolal
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... not metabolites) cause ... high osmolal gap ... lactic acidosis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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(~6 hours post-ingestion ... Abdominal pain, nausea ... ) - Anion gap ... Poisoning #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #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
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
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