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  • Toxicology
  • Nephrology
  • Critical Care Medicine

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  • Ethylene glycol ingestion is a medical emergency, commonly from antifreeze, leading to severe metabolic acidosis, acute kidney injury, and neurological damage.
  • Early treatment focuses on inhibiting alcohol dehydrogenase to prevent toxic metabolite formation.
  • Advanced renal injury may necessitate hemodialysis for toxic metabolite clearance and renal failure support.

Observation:

  • This report details the first case of severe ethylene glycol intoxication requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
  • The patient presented with refractory cardiopulmonary collapse, a critical complication of severe poisoning.

Findings:

  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provided vital cardiopulmonary support in a case of severe ethylene glycol intoxication.
  • This intervention was crucial for managing refractory cardiopulmonary collapse unresponsive to conventional therapies.

Implications:

  • This case expands the therapeutic options for managing life-threatening complications of ethylene glycol poisoning.
  • It underscores the importance of considering advanced life support measures like ECMO in severe poisoning cases with cardiopulmonary failure.