Metformin intoxication requiring dialysis

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Nguyen, Hoang Lan ^a   Concepcion, Luis ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Lactic acidosis; Metformin toxicity

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 80054941459     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2011.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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