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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Methanol - Ethylene glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol
 • Metabolic Acidosis
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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... Alcoholic ketoacidosis ... glycol - Isopropyl Alcohol ... #Ingestion #diagnosis ... #toxicology #comparison
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 ... #Ingestion #ALiEM
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
Acute Esophageal ... chest pain, Sepsis Diagnosis ... dust, Caustic ingestion ... KBrag_MD #Acute #Esophageal ... black #esophagus #diagnosis
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
vomiting following alcohol ... binge, Alcoholic ... after caustic ingestion ... #Necrosis #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Toxic Alcohol Ingestions
Metabolic Acidosis - Osmolar Gap - Anion Gap - Ketones - Ca Oxalate Stones
Toxic Alcohol Ingestions ... • Isopropyl Alcohol ... @kdjhaveri #Toxicology ... #Alcohol #Ingestions ... table #osmolargap #diagnosis
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management
Methanol intoxication:
 • Accidental or intentional ingestion of adulterated
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... Clinical Features, Diagnosis ... , and Management ... #Ingestion #diagnosis ... #toxicology #comparison
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology ... minutes after ingestion ... Hydroxybutyrate #GHB #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
 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 ... -48 hours post-ingestion ... Poisoning #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... and Management ... acute or chronic ingestion ... Aspirin #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
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