Cacelín-Garza JR, Cacelín-Miranda RS

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Ethylene glycol poisoning is a medical urgency and must be treated as so. Diagnosis can be achieved by metabolic acidosis with the presence of a wide anion gap, increase in serum osmalarity, cristalluria of calcium oxalate monohidrate and acute renal failure. It courses with three defined phases, although some authors identify a fourth phase. Ethanol can be used, associated to hemodyalisis, in the places where there is not availability for fomepizole or ethanol of parenteral administration.