Ethylene glycol poisoning

MONDO:0017861

Ethylene glycol poisoning is a rare poisoning resulting in elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis, due to the production of glycolic acid, glyoxylic acid, and oxalic acid by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) in the liver when ethylene glycol is metabolized, characterized initially by euphoria, slurred speech, encephalopathy, coma and seizures, and followed by late manifestations such as tachycardia, arrhythmias, myocardial depression, hemodynamic imbalance and, finally, acute renal failure.

2 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 0 tagged with Ethylene glycol poisoning itself.

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Massive study tests Blood-Cleaning therapy for poisoning victims

Disease control Ongoing

This study looks at whether blood-filtering treatments, such as dialysis or plasma exchange, can help people survive acute poisoning. Researchers will compare over 5,000 poisoned patients who received these treatments with those who did not. The goal is to see if the treatments i…

Sponsor: The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School • Aim: Disease control

Last updated Jun 27, 2026 08:02 UTC

Ethylene glycol poisoning

Where it sits in the disease tree

Massive study tests Blood-Cleaning therapy for poisoning victims