In patients presenting with ethylene glycol toxicity, administration of pyridoxine and thiamine can shunt metabolism away from the formation of which toxic metabolite?
Glyoxylic acid
Gallagher N, Edwards FJ. The diagnosis and management of toxic alcohol poisoning in the emergency department: a review article. Adv J Emerg Med. 2019;3(3):e28.
Contributed by Jonathan Tiongco, MD, PGY-3 emergency medicine resident at St. Rita’s Medical Center
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