To the Editor: We recently encountered a patient who survived ethylene glycol poisoning with an arterial-blood pH of 6.46. A 44-year-old woman drank approximately 720 ml of ethylene glycol in the form of antifreeze. She had previously attempted suicide by injecting the same substance into her buttocks. When admitted to the hospital, the patient was unresponsive and incontinent and was receiving ventilation. Her temperature was 37.1 °C (98.7 °F), her pulse 110 per minute, and her blood pressure 130/70 mm Hg. Her pupils were fixed and dilated, and she had no corneal, gag, or deep-tendon reflexes. The serum sodium level . . .
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