Metformin-induced lactic acidosis: A case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Silvestre, Joana ^a   Carvalho, Susana ^a   Mendes, Vitor ^a   Coelho, Luis ^a   Tapadinhas, Camila ^a   Ferreira, Pedro ^a   Povoa, Pedro ^a   Ceia, Fatima ^a  

^a Serviço de Medicina III   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; GLICLAZIDE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METFORMIN; NITROGEN; OPIATE; PERINDOPRIL; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SIMVASTATIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UREA; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTEREMIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HEART PACING; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KETOACIDOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 45349101287     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-126     Document Type: Article

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