TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Ethylene glycol poisoning--the significance of analytical diagnosis based on reports from Wielkopolska
JO  - Przeglad Lekarski
A1  - Sommerfeld, Karina
A1  - Łukasik-Głebocka, Magdalena
A1  - Zielińska-Psuja, Barbara
SP  - 435
EP  - 438
VL  - 69
IS  - 8
N2  - Ethylene glycol (EG) is a multidirectional, dihydric alcohol, which is widely used in food, chemical and automotive industries. EG is a compound of similar toxicity to ethanol (EA). The EG biotransformation undergoes, mainly to glycolaldehyde and acids: glycolic, glyoxylic and oxalic acid, such metabolites, which exhibit strong narcotic effect on the central nervous system, causing profound metabolic acidosis and lead to severe nephropathy. Due to the wide availability of products containing ethylene glycol and its potential toxicity, in the case of the alcohol poisoning, the significant role in the diagnosis play: medical interview, observation of characteristic clinical symptoms, basic laboratory tests and detection of ethylene glycol in the biological material that confirm EG poisoning.<p />  <p>Language: pl</p>
LA  - pl
SN  - 0033-2240
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -