Feeling blue with metformin-associated lactic acidosis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Plumb, Benjamin ^a   Parker, Alex ^b   Wong, Paul ^b  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; ATROPINE; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; BICARBONATE; CEFUROXIME; CREATINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GENTAMICIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INOTROPIC AGENT; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; METHYLENE BLUE; METRONIDAZOLE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM; PROPOFOL; RAMIPRIL; SIMVASTATIN; SODIUM; STEROID; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTUBATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OLIGURIA; P WAVE; PH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; VOMITING;

EID: 84876557575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008855     Document Type: Article

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