Toxicology Flashcards

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Automotive Antifreese

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Ethylene Glycol leads to increased angion gap metabolic acidosis
AKI due to nephrotoxicity and obstruction of tubules by calcium oxalate

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Acute Iron Poisoning features

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Abdomnial pain
Hematemesis
Diarrhea

Shock

Liver necrosis

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Iron poisoning lab findings

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High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis

High Iron Levels

Radiopaque pills on AXR

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Acute iron poisoning treatments

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Deferoxamine: iron chelating agent that binds free iron making it possible to be renally excreted

Whole bowel irrigation

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