Ethylene Glycol and Acute Kidney Injury

The Indonesian Ministry of Health reports that there were 208 cases of acute kidney injury in Indonesia in 20 provinces as of 18 October 2022. The death rate for these cases in Indonesia was 56.7 percent.

In July 2022, medical officials in Gambia detected a massive case of atypical acute kidney injury. Two months later, on 14 October 2022, the government of Gambia reported that 70 children had died of acute kidney injury.

In this case, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted an investigation into the drugs used by the patients reported by the government of Gambia.