Metformin poisoning: A complex presentation

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-192

  Jagia, Manish ^a   Taqi, Salah ^a   Hanafi, Mahmud ^a  

^a AL JAHRA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Haemolytic anemia; Lactic acidosis; Metformin poisoning; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; INSULIN; METFORMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METFORMIN POISOINING; METFORMIN POISONING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREATITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 84856275344     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.79890     Document Type: Article

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