Lactate gap and ethylene glycol poisoning

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 511-513

  Chaudhry, S D ^a,b   Pandurangan, M ^a   Pinnell, A E ^a  

^a Mid Staffordshire Hospital Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL POISONING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MALE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 43049098582     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021507003092     Document Type: Letter

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