Commentary

[摘要] One of the best-known mnemonics in medicine is MUDPILES (for methanol, uremia, diabetic ketoacidosis, propylene glycol, isoniazid, lactic acidosis, ethylene glycol, salicylates), which helps us remember causes of increased anion gap metabolic acidosis. Less well known is ME DIE (for methanol, ethanol, diuretics such as mannitol, isopropyl alcohol, ethylene glycol), which helps us remember causes of increased osmolal gaps.Ethylene glycol appears in both mnemonics; the only other compound with that distinction is methanol. Both are central nervous …

[学科分类] 过敏症与临床免疫学