Survival after cardiopulmonary arrest with extreme hyperkalaemia and hypothermia in a patient with metformin-associated lactic acidosis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tay, Stan ^a   Lee, I Lynn ^b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872739061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007804     Document Type: Article

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