Adult respiratory distress syndrome secondary to ethylene glycol ingestion.
Presented is a case of ethylene glycol poisoning in a 24-year-old man who subsequently developed adult respiratory distress syndrome. The noncardiogenic nature of the patient's pulmonary edema was documented with hemodynamic monitoring, and a successful outcome was achieved with hemodialysis, ethanol, and intermittent mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure.
D000328:Adult; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D005026:Ethylene Glycols; D000431:Ethanol; D019855:Ethylene Glycol