Clinicopathologic findings in dogs and cats with ethylene glycol intoxication
Thrall, M.A.; Grauer, G.F.; Mero, K.N.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 184(1): 37-41
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 6698834 Document Number: 230403
Common clinical signs in 26 cats and 24 dogs with ethylene glycol poisoning were ataxia, depression, vomiting, and hypothermia. Characteristic alterations in the haemogram and serum chemical profile included neutrophilia, lymphopenia, azotaemia, hyperphosphataemia, hypocalcaemia, hyperglycaemia, and decreased whole blood bicarbonate. Common urinalysis findings included isosthenuria, proteinuria, glucosuria, haematuria, calcium oxalate and hippurate crystalluria, and the presence of renal epithelial cells, white blood cells, and granular and cellular casts in the urine sediment. The high death rate (78%) was attributed to delays in presentation, diagnosis, and therapy.