{"title":"Erroneously High Lactate: A Guide to Diagnosing Ethylene Glycol Poisoning.","authors":"Mayanka Kamboj, Harini Bejjanki, Saraswathi Gopal, Rupam Ruchi","doi":"10.1159/000499967","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A high lactic acid level in critically ill patients is a marker of poor prognosis. However, lactic acidosis in ethylene glycol (EG) poisoning should be interpreted cautiously as analytical interference is observed with EG metabolites.</p>","PeriodicalId":9075,"journal":{"name":"Biomedicine Hub","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000499967","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biomedicine Hub","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000499967","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2019/5/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A high lactic acid level in critically ill patients is a marker of poor prognosis. However, lactic acidosis in ethylene glycol (EG) poisoning should be interpreted cautiously as analytical interference is observed with EG metabolites.