Acute kidney failure and severe lactic acidosis by metformin treated successfully by means of hemodialysis [4];Fracaso renal agudo y acidosis láctica severa por metformina tratada con éxito mediante hemodiálisis

Nefrologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-90

  Pena J M ^a   Pernaute, R ^a   Vicente, C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE BARBASTRO   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LETTER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; REMISSION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; AGED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; METFORMIN; REMISSION INDUCTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4544268071     PISSN: 02116995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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