Monday August 31, 1998 - Question 3

Which of the following is correct regarding the toxicities of ethylene glycol?

A. Hypocalcemia and subsequent arrhythmias, tetanic contraction, and seizures can occur.
 
B. It is not possible to visualize the calcium oxalate crystals that are formed upon microscopic examination of the urine.
 
C. Renal insufficiency invariably occurs within 12 hours of exposure  to ethylene glycol.
 
D. Inebriation does not occur in ethylene glycol poisoning.
 
E. There is no correlation between glycolate accumulation and the anion gap.

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