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

* 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.
* Fomepizole is the critical antidote for toxic alcohol ingestions but, patients are likely going to require dialysis as well.
* Call your local poison control center if you suspect a toxic alcohol ingestion to help guide management.

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