Metformin-associated lactic acidosis presenting as an ischemic gut in a patient who then survived a cardiac arrest: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ncomanzi, Dumisani ^a   Sicat, Rhea Mae R ^a   Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Gut; Ischemia; Lactic acidosis; Metformin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ATORVASTATIN; BICARBONATE; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RAMIPRIL; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECREASED APPETITE; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALAISE; METFORMIN ASSOCIATED LACTIC ACIDOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; INTESTINE; ISCHEMIA; VASCULARIZATION;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; METFORMIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901696958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-159     Document Type: Article

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