Monitoring of metformin-induced lactic acidosis in a diabetic patient with acute kidney failure and effect of hemodialysis

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-151

  Laforest, Claire ^a   Saint Marcoux, Franck ^a   Amiel, Jean Bernard ^b   Pichon, Nicolas ^b   Merle, Louis ^a,b  

^a Department of Pharmacology Toxicology Pharmacovigilance ^*  (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Lactic acidosis; Metformin; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INDAPAMIDE; METFORMIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OLIGURIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOMITING;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METFORMIN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873851958     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CP201728     Document Type: Article

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