A fatal case of Metformin intoxication

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-944

  Aghabiklooei, Abbas ^a   Mostafazadeh, Babak ^b   Shiva, Hamidreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drug toxicity; Metabolic acidosis; Metformin; Overdose

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; METFORMIN; SORBITOL;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALKALOSIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; OXYGEN TENSION; PH MEASUREMENT; PULSE RATE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

EID: 80052979528     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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