Ethylene glycol toxicity presenting with non-anion gap metabolic acidosis

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Soghoian, Sari ^a,b   Sinert, Richard ^a   Wiener, Sage W ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NON ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58149094728     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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