Metformin poisoning treated with high dose insulin dextrose therapy: a case series

Theodore Young,Joaquim Cevallos,James Napier,Juan F. Martín-Lázaro

Metformin poisoning treated with high dose insulin dextrose therapy: a case series

2019

Theodore Young
Joaquim Cevallos
James Napier
Juan F. Martín-Lázaro

Purpose We describe the compassionate use of high dose insulin dextrose (HID) for life threatening metformin associated lactic acidosis (MALA) in four patients admitted to intensive care.

Keywords:

Insulin
Metformin
Surgery
Gastroenterology
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Medicine
in patient
blood gas analysis
high dose insulin
Lactic acidosis
Acidosis

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