A patient with metformin-associated lactic acidosis successfully treated with continuous renal replacement therapy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Metformin has been widely used as a first-line agent to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. Lactic acidosis is a rare but serious adverse effect in patients treated with metformin. Recent studies noted a correlation between metformin accumulation and lactic acidosis. Continuous renal replace...

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Autores principales: Kinoshita, Hiroki, Yanai, Machi, Ariyoshi, Koichi, Ando, Motozumi, Tamura, Ryo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6916532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31842973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2311-5

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