TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Toxic alcohol poisoning JO - Emergency medicine clinics of North America A1 - Ross, Jennifer A. A1 - Borek, Heather A. A1 - Holstege, Christopher P. A1 - King, Joshua D. SP - 327 EP - 341 VL - 40 IS - 2 N2 - This article reviews the background, metabolism, clinical effects, and treatment of toxic alcohols, specifically ethylene glycol, methanol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and isopropyl alcohol. This article also reviews the importance of an anion gap metabolic acidosis in relation to toxic alcohols and explores both the utility and the limitations of the osmol gap in patient management.

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LA - en SN - 0733-8627 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emc.2022.01.012 ID - ref1 ER -