Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 2

Severe Metabolic Acidosis with High Anion Gap: A Diagnostic Clue For Ethylene Glycol Poisoning

  • Author:
  • S Bhuvan1, S Dabla2,, Himanshu J3, K Surender4, VP Khanagwal
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2015
  • Page Number: 103 to 105

1Post Graduate Department of Medicine, Pt B. D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak. Haryana, India

2Senior Professor and Unit Head -VII, Department of Medicine, Pt B. D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak. Haryana, India

3Post Graduate, Department of Medicine, Pt B. D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak. Haryana, India

4Post Graduate, Department of Medicine, Pt B. D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak. Haryana, India

5Professor, Departments of Forensic Medicine, Pt B. D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak. Haryana, India

*Corresponding author Dr. Surekha Dabla Phone:+91-9416291276 Email: drvijaykhanagwal@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Ethylene glycol poisoning is very rare emergency, high clinical suspicion is required in the absence of any proper history. Rapid deterioration with severe metabolic acidosis, high anion gap, neurological complications and acute kidney injury are some of the key features to early diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords

Ethylene glycol, High anion gap, Acute kidney injury