Tang Jie
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension, Providence, Rhode Island.
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2022 Feb;6(1):68-70. doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2021.12.54928.
Ethylene glycol intoxication can be lethal if diagnosis is delayed. Often, prompt diagnosis may need to be based on indirect laboratory findings.
We present a case of severe ethylene glycol intoxication whose diagnosis was based on an unusual "lactate gap." The patient responded well to the treatment and had a full recovery.
A "lactate gap" can be helpful in establishing a diagnosis of ethylene glycol intoxication.
如果诊断延迟,乙二醇中毒可能会致命。通常,快速诊断可能需要基于间接实验室检查结果。
我们报告一例严重乙二醇中毒病例,其诊断基于一个不寻常的“乳酸间隙”。患者对治疗反应良好,完全康复。
“乳酸间隙”有助于乙二醇中毒的诊断。