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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol
General concepts for toxic alcohols:
• Parent compounds (not metabolites) cause high osmolal
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... : Isopropyl Alcohol ... lactic acidosis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology ... #Isopropyl #Alcohol
Ketosis Disorders - Comparison Table
 • Starvation Ketosis
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA)
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Starvation Ketosis • Alcoholic ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
Alcoholic ketoacidosis ... Treat concomitant alcohol ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
• The anterior cruciate ... Differential Diagnosis ... ganglion cyst (cruciate ... #degeneration #knee ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
Causes of elevated osmolal gaps. For the 341 patients who presented with elevated osmolal gap (OG)
analysis of toxic alcohols ... patients where toxic alcohol ... absence of toxic alcohol ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology ... #Gap #Causes #Differential
Causes of elevated osmolal gaps. For the 341 patients who presented with elevated osmolal gap (OG)
analysis of toxic alcohols ... patients where toxic alcohol ... absence of toxic alcohol ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology ... #Gap #Causes #Differential
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
neurotoxicity • Alcohol ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... , persons with alcohol ... beta-spectrin, which is crucial ... #Management
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management
Methanol intoxication:
 • Accidental or intentional ingestion of adulterated
Clinical Features, Diagnosis ... , and Management ... #Ingestion #diagnosis ... #toxicology #comparison ... #table #management
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
by medications, alcohol ... patient is in the knee-to-chest ... Abdominal #Pain #differential ... #diagnosis