Prolonged renal failure in the course of atypical ethylene glycol intoxication

• Authors: Tomasz Liberek , Julita Śliwarska , Krzysztof Czurak , Agnieszka Perkowska-Ptasińska , Ewa Weber , Bolesław Rutkowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ethylene glycol poisoning is not an uncommon cause of an acute renal injury. In this paper we present case of prolonged renal failure in the course of ethylene glycol intoxication. Due to the low dose of ingested ethylene glycol and concomitant ethanol consumption, the neurodepressive phase of the intoxication was rather mild and patient presented to the hospital on the ninth day after poisoning with established renal failure. The diagnosis of the specific cause of renal injury was facilitated by the renal biopsy.

Keywords

EN

ethylene glycol; intoxication; renal failure

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 661-663

Dates

published

2013

received

2013-10-07

revised

2013-11-12

accepted

2013-11-13

(unknown)

2013-11-22

Contributors

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Tomasz Liberek

• Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland

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Julita Śliwarska

• Diaverum Dialysis Unit in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland

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Krzysztof Czurak

• Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland

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Agnieszka Perkowska-Ptasińska

• Department of Transplantation Medicine and Nephrology, Transplantation Institute, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

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Ewa Weber

• Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland

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Bolesław Rutkowski

• Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland

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