- Used in anti-freeze
- Odorless and sweet tasting→ accidental ingestions in kids or purposeful in adults
- Lower dose similar to ethanol
- Higher dose n, v, confusion, kidney/liver dysfxn, death
- Tachypnea from + AG metabolic acidosis
- Social disinhibition
- Severe cases w/respiratory depression to coma
- High anion gap metabolic acidosis, elevated osmolal gap
- Osmolar Gap: Measured Osm - Calculated Osm, where nl <= 10
- Measured Osm: 2xNa + BUN/2.8 + Glucose/18
- Anion Gap: Na - (HCO3 + Cl); nl 6-14