Severe lactic acidosis associated to metformin intoxication;Acidosis láctica grave asociada a intoxicación por metformina

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-125

  Holanda Pena M S ^a   Suberviola Canas B ^a   Gonzalez Castro A ^a   Marco Moreno, J M ^a   Ugarte Pena P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Metformin; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; METFORMIN; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; AGED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; METFORMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847676803     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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