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Case Reports
. 1981;209(6):519-20.
doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1981.tb11639.x.

Lactic acidosis during metformin treatment in an elderly diabetic patient with impaired renal function

L S Hermann, S Magnusson, B Möller, C Casey, G T Tucker, H F Woods
Case Reports

Lactic acidosis during metformin treatment in an elderly diabetic patient with impaired renal function

L S Hermann et al. Acta Med Scand. 1981.

Abstract

In recent years, lactic acidosis has been described in association with metformin therapy in diabetics. We report a fatal case in an elderly diabetic patient with impaired renal function and cardiac insufficiency. The patient presented with an elevated plasma metformin concentration and a concomitant digitoxin intoxication.

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