The Dramatic Recovery of a Patient with Biguanide-associated Severe Lactic Acidosis Following Thiamine Supplementation

Biguanides are a drug of choice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Although they can cause lactic acidosis in susceptible patients with predisposing risk factors, the incidence of lactic acidosis is reported to be very low when they are used properly. We herein present a case of biguanid...

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Autores principales: Godo, Shigeo, Yoshida, Yoshitaro, Fujita, Motoo, Kudo, Daisuke, Nomura, Ryosuke, Shimokawa, Hiroaki, Kushimoto, Shigeki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5364202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202871

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