Metformin-associated lactic acidosis in Chinese patients with type II diabetes

Pharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 260-265

  Yeung, Chun Wing ^a   Chung, Ho Yin ^a   Fong, Bonnie Mei Wah ^a   Tsai, Nga Wing ^a   Chan, Wai Ming ^a   Siu, Tak Shing ^a   Tam, Sidney ^a   Tsuchiurai, Sik Hon ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic agent; Biguanide; Lactic acidosis; Metformin; Metformin associated lactic acidosis; Poisoning; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CREATININE; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART DISEASE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; METFORMIN ASSOCIATED LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX RATIO; SHOCK; STROKE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLASES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 80053926500     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: 14230313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331867     Document Type: Article

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