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===Laboratory Tests===
 
===Laboratory Tests===
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'''Blood:''' ''Metabolic Acidosis'', increased anion gap (as metabolic acidosis is due to increased organic acids rather than loss of bicarbonate<ref name="Ettinger"> Ettinger, S.J. and Feldman, E.C. '''Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine'''</ref>), decreased plasma bicarbonate concentration, decreased PCO2, decreased blood pH, ethylene glycol (in-house colorimetric kit),<ref name="BSAVA" />  although concurrent use of drugs such as diazepam and etomidate both of which contain propylene glycol can confound results<ref name="Ettinger" />. Hyperphosphataemia can be present in later stages due to acute renal failure <ref name="Ettinger" />, and hypocalcaemia as a consequence of this<ref name="Ettinger" /> and also as a consequence of ionised calcium binding to ethylene glycol metabolites.
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'''Blood:''' ''Metabolic Acidosis'', increased anion gap (as metabolic acidosis is due to increased organic acids rather than loss of bicarbonate<ref name="Ettinger">Ettinger, S.J. and Feldman, E.C. (2010) '''Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine''', ''Saunders''</ref>), decreased plasma bicarbonate concentration, decreased PCO2, decreased blood pH, ethylene glycol (in-house colorimetric kit),<ref name="BSAVA" />  although concurrent use of drugs such as diazepam and etomidate both of which contain propylene glycol can confound results<ref name="Ettinger" />. Hyperphosphataemia can be present in later stages due to acute renal failure <ref name="Ettinger" />, and hypocalcaemia as a consequence of this<ref name="Ettinger" /> and also as a consequence of ionised calcium binding to ethylene glycol metabolites.
    
'''Urine:'''increased urea and creatinine, hyperkalaemia, calcium oxalate crystalluria <ref name="BSAVA" />, ethylene glycol (in-house colorimteric kit)<ref name="BSAVA" />.
 
'''Urine:'''increased urea and creatinine, hyperkalaemia, calcium oxalate crystalluria <ref name="BSAVA" />, ethylene glycol (in-house colorimteric kit)<ref name="BSAVA" />.
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