Does lactate account for all of the increase in anion gap in cases of metformin-induced lactic acidosis?

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1210-1211

  Makehei, Shafie ^a   Sam, Ramin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion gap; Lactic acidosis; Metformin; Unmeasured anion

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALBUMIN; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; PH; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ACID BASE BALANCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; METABOLISM;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84951907344     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-015-1124-0     Document Type: Article

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