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Lactic acidosis occurrence during exercises in the smoke chamber in a 53-year-old firefighter with no significant medical history [PDF]
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2014 Lactic acidosis is a form of metabolic acidosis with a high anion gap, reduced rate of arterial blood pH under 7.35 mmol/l, and lactic acid concentration over 7 mmol/l.
Agata Bronisz +2 more
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Significant Lactic Acidosis from Albuterol [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018 Lactic acidosis is a clinical entity that demands rapid assessment and treatment to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. With increased lactate use across many clinical scenarios, lactate values themselves cannot be interpreted apart from their ...
Maxwell Hockstein, Deborah Diercks
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Metformin Intoxication, Lactic Acidosis and Death: Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022 Metformin is an oral antidiabetic agent used as in the treatment of T2DM. A fearsome complication of the use of metformin is lactic acidosis. A nineteen-year-old woman was unconscious and cyanotic in her home.
Zafer Pekkolay +4 more
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Alkali Therapy in Lactic Acidosis [PDF]
Marshall Journal of Medicine, 2015 This report attempts to frame the debate about clinical administration of sodium bicarbonate in the setting of lactic acidosis in terms of simple questions.
Zeid J. Khitan +4 more
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Lactic acidosis, hyperlactatemia and sepsis
Italian Journal of Medicine, 2016 Among hospitalized patients, lactic acidosis represents the most common cause of metabolic acidosis. Lactate is not just a metabolic product of anaerobic glycolysis but is triggered by a variety of metabolites even before the onset of anaerobic ...
Andrea Montagnani, Roberto Nardi
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Metformin-associated lactic acidosis treated successfully by peritoneal dialysis in a resource limited setting: case report [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 Metformin is a commonly used treatment modality in type 2 diabetes mellitus with lactic acidosis as a rare but life-threatening side effect. In this case report we highlight the importance of recognizing this uncommon side effect and the treatment ...
Khaled Elmezughi, Chukwuma Ekpebegh
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Circulating anions usually associated with the Krebs cycle in patients with metabolic acidosis [PDF]
, 2005 Introduction: Acute metabolic acidosis of non-renal origin is usually a result of either lactic or ketoacidosis, both of which are associated with a high anion gap.
Treacher, David F +17 more
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Severe Lactic Acidosis in a Patient with B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Case Reports in Medicine, 2009 Lactic acidosis is commonly observed in clinical situations such as shock and sepsis, as a result of tissue hypoperfusion and hypoxia. Lymphoma and leukemia are among other clinical situations where lactic acidosis has been reported. We present a case of
Farn Huei Chan +2 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background Type B lactic acidosis is a rare but serious side effect of metformin use. The risk of metformin-associated lactic acidosis is elevated in renal or liver impairment, heart failure and in metformin overdose. Metformin-associated lactic acidosis
Diana Yusim +5 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 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.
Hiroki Kinoshita +4 more
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