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To the Editor: Schmitt et al., in their letter to the editor (June 22 issue),¹ suggest that Takayesu et al. were incorrect in their assessment that a serum creatinine level of 3.8 mg per deciliter was caused by ingestion of ethylene glycol because it would take at least 3 days to reach such an elevated level. I am currently treating a 25-year-old patient with previously documented normal renal function who presented with a serum creatinine level of 3.7 mg per deciliter 8 hours after ingesting ethylene glycol. Although Schmitt et al. are correct that the accumulation of creatinine often lags . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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