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Ethylene Glycol Toxicity (view source)
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*'''Dogs:''' all ages, both sexes, following intoxication lower incidence of fatalities in dogs compared to cats <ref name="multiple">'''The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult, Canine and Feline''' (Second Edition),''Lippencott, Williams and Wilkins </ref>
*'''Dogs:''' all ages, both sexes, following intoxication lower incidence of fatalities in dogs compared to cats <ref name="multiple">'''The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult, Canine and Feline''' (Second Edition),''Lippencott, Williams and Wilkins </ref>
*'''Cats:''' all ages, both sexes
*'''Cats:''' all ages, both sexes
*'''Birds'''
*'''Birds:'''
*'''Other''' including pigs and cattle <ref name="multiple">http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/210900.htm, accessed on 31.10.2010 </ref>
*'''Other:''' including pigs and cattle <ref name="multiple">http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/210900.htm, accessed on 31.10.2010 </ref>
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===Laboratory Tests===
===Laboratory Tests===
*Metabolic Acidosis, increased serum osmolality, increased anion gap, decreased plasma bicarbonate concentration, decreased PCO2, decrease blood pH
*'''Blood:'''Metabolic Acidosis, increased serum osmolality, increased anion gap, decreased plasma bicarbonate concentration, decreased PCO2, decrease blood pH
*increased urea and creatinine, hyperkalaemia,
*'''Urine:'''increased urea and creatinine, hyperkalaemia, calcium oxalate crystalluria <ref name="multiples"> '''BSAVA Canine and Feline Emergency Care''', Second Edition 2007, Chapter 19, p286-7 </ref>.
*Hyperphosphataemia due to acute renal failure <ref name="multiples"> '''Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine''', (Seventh Edition), ''Ettinger and Feldman''; p1747 </ref>.
*Hyperphosphataemia due to acute renal failure <ref name="multiples"> '''Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine''', (Seventh Edition), ''Ettinger and Feldman''; p1747 </ref>.
**Hypocalcaemia as a consequence of this<ref name="multiples"> '''Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine''', (Seventh Edition), ''Ettinger and Feldman''; p1747 </ref>.
**Hypocalcaemia as a consequence of this<ref name="multiples"> '''Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine''', (Seventh Edition), ''Ettinger and Feldman''; p1747 </ref>.