Metformin induced lactic acidosis in a patient with anorexia nervosa: A case report and literature review

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-232

  Redha, Faridah ^a   Al Shemmeri, Mohammed ^a   Ibrahim, Hamdi ^a  

^a FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Lactic acidosis; Metformin

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; INFUSION FLUID; MAGNESIUM; METFORMIN; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 69749091540     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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