Metformin associated lactic acidosis not as rare as we think?

Acute Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 99-101

  Clare, Sarbjit ^a,c   Paul, Peter ^b   Hulley, Catherine ^b   Jones, Sharon ^b  

^a Department of Acute Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lactic acidosis; Metformin; Side effects

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MESALAZINE; METFORMIN; GLUCOSE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SURVIVAL; TACHYPNEA; AWARENESS; COLD LIMB; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FATALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34147211805     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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