Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA): Case Files of the Einstein Medical Center Medical Toxicology Fellowship

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-66

  Kopec, Kathryn T ^a   Kowalski, Michael J ^a  

^a EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biguanide; Hemodialysis; Lactic acidosis; Metformin

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INGESTION; INTUBATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; PH;

EID: 84874241695     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-012-0278-3     Document Type: Article

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