Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast

Episode 129.0 – Toxic Alcohols

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We welcome Meghan Spyres back to the podcast to discuss toxic alcohol ingestion diagnosis and management.

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Tags: Ethylene Glycol, Fomepizole, Methanol, Toxic Alcohols, Toxicology
Show Notes

Take Home Points

  1. Suspect a toxic alcohol in any patient with a large osmol gap or a large anion gap metabolic acidosis and consider treating these patients empirically.
  2. Fomepizole is the critical antidote for toxic alcohol ingestions but, patients are likely going to require dialysis as well.
  3. Call your local poison control center if you suspect a toxic alcohol ingestion to help guide management.

    4. Read More

    LITFL: Toxic Alcohol Ingestion

    ER Cast: Mind the Gap: Anion Gap Acidosis

    FOAMCast: Episode 43 – Alcohols


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