Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol General ...

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Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol
General concepts for toxic alcohols:
• Parent compounds (not metabolites) cause high osmolal gap
• When NAD depleted, pyruvate converts to lactate --> causes lactic acidosis


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