Episode 129.0 – Toxic Alcohols

Episode 129.0 – Toxic Alcohols

Author: Core EM January 22, 2018 Duration: 20:28

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

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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.

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