Lactic acidosis, hypotension, and sensorineural hearing loss following intentional metformin overdose

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 346-349

  Miller, Dale K ^a   Brinson, Amanda J ^b   Catalano, Glenn ^a   Catalano, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness; Glyburide; Hypotension; Lactic acidosis; Metformin; Overdose; Poisoning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN PLUS DEXAMETHASONE; EAR DROPS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GEMFIBROZIL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN; VARDENAFIL; VASOPRESSIN;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARDRUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOOSE FECES; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TINNITUS; URINE CULTURE; VERTIGO;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; GLYBURIDE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84862942162     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488611798918674     Document Type: Article

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