We welcome Meghan Spyres back to the podcast to discuss toxic alcohol ingestion diagnosis and management.
Episode 129.0 – Toxic Alcohols
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.
Read More
LITFL: Toxic Alcohol Ingestion
ER Cast: Mind the Gap: Anion Gap Acidosis
FOAMCast: Episode 43 – Alcohols
