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“She remained in the ER on a psych eval. I ran all the standard labs on her and they were normal, but this patient would not budge. She was admitted to psych on a hold.
At that point, one of the hospitalists said, ‘Why not?’ and ordered labs to test for several heavy metals and ethylene glycol. Her ethylene glycol level was 32. THIRTY TWO. I don’t know if she was legitimately being poisoned by her neighbor or if it was self-induced, but damn, that patient taught me a very important lesson that day.”
