Lactate gap - A clinical tool for diagnosing and managing ethylene glycol poisoning
Ethylene glycol is a toxic alcohol, and its ingestion can cause neurological, cardiovascular, and renal complications, including coma and death. It causes an elevated osmolar gap, and its metabolites, glycolate, and oxalate, are responsible for elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis. Early diagnosis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-12-01
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| Series: | JEM Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773232024000415 |