Prognosis of extremely severe lactic acidosis in metformin-treated patients with septic shock: continuous (?) renal replacement therapy in the spotlight!

Crit Care. 2016 May 7;20(1):127. doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1286-5.

Authors

Patrick M Honore¹, Herbert D Spapen²

Affiliations

¹ ICU Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 101, Laarbeeklaan, Jette, Brussels, 1090, Belgium. Patrick.Honore@az.vub.ac.be.
² ICU Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 101, Laarbeeklaan, Jette, Brussels, 1090, Belgium.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Acidosis, Lactic / chemically induced*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents / administration & dosage
Metformin / administration & dosage*
Prognosis
Renal Replacement Therapy
Shock, Septic / drug therapy

Substances

Hypoglycemic Agents
Metformin