Acute ethylene glycol intoxication. Diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention Acute ethylene glycol intoxication.
Rapid diagnosis is critical and requires a strong index of suspicion and often repeat analyses.
Despite advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology and therapy of EG intoxication, most animals are presented already in oliguric renal failure and may require hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis to survive the effects of this intoxication.