TY - JOUR AU - Lynd, Larry D. AU - Richardson, Kathryn J. AU - Purssell, Roy A. AU - Abu-Laban, Riyad B. AU - Brubacher, Jeffery R. AU - Lepik, Katherine J. AU - Sivilotti, Marco LA PY - 2008 DA - 2008/04/28 TI - An evaluation of the osmole gap as a screening test for toxic alcohol poisoning JO - BMC Emergency Medicine SP - 5 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - The osmole gap is used routinely as a screening test for the presence of exogenous osmotically active substances, such as the toxic alcohols ethylene glycol and methanol, particularly when the ability to measure serum concentrations of the substances is not available. The objectives of this study were: 1) to measure the diagnostic accuracy of the osmole gap for screening for ethylene glycol and methanol exposure, and 2) to identify whether a recently proposed modification of the ethanol coefficient affects the diagnostic accuracy. SN - 1471-227X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-8-5 DO - 10.1186/1471-227X-8-5 ID - Lynd2008 ER -