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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Methanol - Ethylene glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... Acidosis • Osmolar Gap ... • Anion Gap ... #Ingestion #diagnosis ... #toxicology #comparison
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol
General concepts for toxic alcohols:
• Parent compounds (not metabolites) cause high osmolal
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... cause high osmolal gap ... lactic acidosis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Toxicology ... #Ingestion #ALiEM
Toxic Alcohol Ingestions
Metabolic Acidosis - Osmolar Gap - Anion Gap - Ketones - Ca Oxalate Stones
Toxic Alcohol Ingestions ... @kdjhaveri #Toxicology ... #Alcohol #Ingestions ... #comparison #table ... #osmolargap #diagnosis
Causes of elevated osmolal gaps. For the 341 patients who presented with elevated osmolal gap (OG)
analysis of toxic alcohols ... ingestion was the ... absence of toxic alcohol ... ingestions. ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology
Causes of elevated osmolal gaps. For the 341 patients who presented with elevated osmolal gap (OG)
analysis of toxic alcohols ... ingestion was the ... absence of toxic alcohol ... ingestions. ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management
Methanol intoxication:
 • Accidental or intentional ingestion of adulterated
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... , and Management ... #Alcohol #Ingestion ... #diagnosis #toxicology ... #comparison #table
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... Labs show anion-gap ... acute or chronic ingestion ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
 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 ... -24 hours post-ingestion ... ) - 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 ... cause osmolal gap ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Toxicology #Methanol ... #Ingestion #ALiEM
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
via cold saline injection ... a decrease in MAP ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #comparison ... #challenges #management