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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Methanol - Ethylene glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... Isopropyl Alcohol • Metabolic ... • Anion Gap ... #diagnosis #toxicology ... #comparison #table
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... A - Alkali ingestion ... gap metabolic acidosis ... - anion gap metabolic ... #algorithm #diagnosis
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
High Anion Gap Metabolic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... syndrome Methanol ingestion ... underexcretion of acids ... #Gap #Metabolic
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid ... : • Anion Gap ... Failure, Toxic Ingestion ... • Non-Anion Gap ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Toxic Alcohol Ingestions
Metabolic Acidosis - Osmolar Gap - Anion Gap - Ketones - Ca Oxalate Stones
Metabolic Acidosis ... Anion Gap - Ketones ... @kdjhaveri #Toxicology ... #comparison #table ... #osmolargap #diagnosis
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
3) Labs show anion-gap ... metabolic acidosis ... acute or chronic ingestion ... , Shock Labs: Anion-Gap ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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deterioration Shock and metabolic ... ) - Anion gap ... metabolic acidosis ... Poisoning #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Types of Anion Gap Acidosis - AGAPS KIL U - Mnemonic
Ketoacidosis: Alcoholic Ketoacidosis, Starvation Ketoacidosis, Starvation
Types of Anion Gap ... Starvation Ketoacidosis Ingestions ... From Anaerobic metabolism ... other organic acids ... #differential #diagnosis
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) ... Interpretation and Acid-Base ... need to do more work ... = ANION GAP - ... Acidosis #Alkalosis #Diagnosis
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Methanol
Solvent found in cleaning and printing solutions, adhesives, stains, paint removers,
antifreeze agent in
1-2 mL/kg - Metabolite ... (eg. formic acid ... cause osmolal gap ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Toxicology #Methanol