Anion gap‐opening metabolic acidosis and urinary findings in the early diagnosis of ethylene glycol poisoning: A case report |
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| Authors: | Kentaro Ukita Kanako Otomune Ryo Fujimoto Kanako Hasegawa Koichi Izumikawa Nobutoshi Morimoto Kazuhiro Sasaki Akihito Hirasaki Koichi Takaguchi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Postgraduate Clinical Training Center, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital ; 2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital ; 3. Department of General Medicine, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital ; 4. Department of Neurology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital ; 5. Department of Anesthesiology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital |
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| Abstract: | Causative agent identification is important in the treatment of poisoning. We report the case of a patient who presented with an altered level of consciousness after drinking a fluorescent pink liquid. Upon measuring the anion gap and urinary calcium oxalate level, the patient was diagnosed with early ethylene glycol poisoning. |
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| Keywords: | anion gap, ethylene glycol, pseudo‐ elevation of lactate levels |
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