Following a school field trip to the country, four teenagers…
Following a school field trip to the country, four teenagers are admitted to the hospital emergency department with visual system impairment and severe abdominal pain. Laboratory evaluation reveals metabolic acidosis, increased anion gap and osmol gap, negative serum acetone, and no unusual urine sediments. Intoxication by which of the following is most likely responsible?
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A person who had been found unresponsive and face down in their bed after spending the day working in their garage is brought to the hospital emergency department. They had not responded to naloxone administration given by the paramedics. Laboratory results indicate negative serum acetone, elevated serum urea and creatinine, normal PO2, decreased bicarbonate, increased PCO2, and increased osmol gap (corrected for ethanol) and anion gap. Urinalysis indicated many oxalate crystals. Based on these laboratory results, what is the likely compound that has affected this individual?
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