A retrospective analysis of glycol and toxic alcohol ingestion: Utility of anion and osmolal gaps

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Krasowski, Matthew D ^a   Wilcoxon, Rebecca M ^a   Miron, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; isopropanol; methanol; propylene glycol; retrospective studies; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOL; MANNITOL; METHANOL; NITROGEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOACIDOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSMOLAL GAP; OSMOLALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SHOCK; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84855599937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-12-1     Document Type: Article

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