Rapid recovery from acute kidney injury in a patient with metformin-associated lactic acidosis and hypothermia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mustafa, Esmat ^a   Lai, Liwen ^a   Lien, Yeong Hau H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; METFORMIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; URINE VOLUME;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PENICILLANIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SODIUM BICARBONATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84856086173     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.016     Document Type: Letter

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