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Review
. 2021 Jul;37(3):643-656.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2021.03.009.

Toxic Alcohols

Jennifer A Ross  1 , Heather A Borek  1 , Christopher P Holstege  2
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Toxic Alcohols

Jennifer A Ross et al. Crit Care Clin. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

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 osmole gap in patient management.

Keywords: Acetone; Diethylene glycol; Ethylene glycol; Isopropyl alcohol; Methanol; Propylene glycol; Toxic alcohol.

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Disclosure The authors do not have any commercial or financial conflicts of interest, and there are no funding sources for this article.

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