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'''Promote Excretion of Ethylene Glycol'''
 
'''Promote Excretion of Ethylene Glycol'''
:'''[[Fluid Therapy|Fluid therapy]]''' promotes diureses and helps prevent dehydration <ref name="multiples"> '''http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp''', accessed on 09.12.2010 </ref>. Also useful in acute renal failure.
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:'''[[:Category:Fluid Therapy|Fluid therapy]]''' promotes diureses and helps prevent dehydration <ref name="multiples"> '''http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp''', accessed on 09.12.2010 </ref>. Also useful in acute renal failure.
 
:'''Sodium Bicarbonate:''' Ethylene Glycol is a weak acid. Therefore in order to increase the rate of renal clearance sodium bicarbonate can be administered to dogs.<ref>'''Canine Medicine and Therapeutics''' (Fourth Edition, 1998),''Blackwell Science'', p1049 </ref>. Also useful in '''management of metabolic acidosis'''.
 
:'''Sodium Bicarbonate:''' Ethylene Glycol is a weak acid. Therefore in order to increase the rate of renal clearance sodium bicarbonate can be administered to dogs.<ref>'''Canine Medicine and Therapeutics''' (Fourth Edition, 1998),''Blackwell Science'', p1049 </ref>. Also useful in '''management of metabolic acidosis'''.
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:Diuresis, using diuretics eg mannitol <ref name="multiples"> '''The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult''', ''Tilley Smith'', Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Canine and Feline Second Edition </ref>.
 
:Diuresis, using diuretics eg mannitol <ref name="multiples"> '''The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult''', ''Tilley Smith'', Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Canine and Feline Second Edition </ref>.
 
:Peritoneal Dialysis <ref name="multiples"> '''The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult''', ''Tilley Smith'', Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Canine and Feline Second Edition </ref>.
 
:Peritoneal Dialysis <ref name="multiples"> '''The 5 Minute Veterinary Consult''', ''Tilley Smith'', Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Canine and Feline Second Edition </ref>.
      
==Prognosis==
 
==Prognosis==
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