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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Metformin-associated lactic acidosis presenting as an ischemic gut in a patient who then survived a cardiac arrest: a case report |
Author: | Ncomanzi, D. Sicat, R.M.R. Sundararajan, K. |
Citation: | Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2014; 8(1):159-1-159-4 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 1752-1947 1752-1947 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Dumisani Ncomanzi, Rhea Mae R Sicat, and Krishnaswamy Sundararajan |
Abstract: | INTRODUCTION: Lactic acidosis is the most common cause of metabolic acidosis in hospitalized patients. It is recognized as a potential complication of metformin use, particularly in patients with risk factors such as renal dysfunction, liver disease, and heavy alcohol ingestion. These conditions are associated with systemic hypoxemia, which may be caused by cardiorespiratory disease, major surgery, sepsis, dehydration, old age, and overdose. The reported frequency of lactic acidosis is 0.06 per 1000 patient-years, mostly in patients with predisposing factors. This case is important because it details the seriousness of metformin-associated lactic acidosis in a critically ill patient and because, to the best of our knowledge, our patient survived with minimal residual defect despite experiencing a cardiac arrest. CASE PRESENTATION: A 66-year-old Caucasian woman presented to our hospital with profound lactic acidosis, which was initially thought to be ischemic gut. She then survived an in-hospital pulseless electrical activity arrest. CONCLUSION: Metformin-associated lactic acidosis is a diagnosis by exclusion; however, a high degree of clinical suspicion supplemented by prompt multisystem organ support can significantly influence the outcome in critically ill patients. |
Keywords: | Intestines Humans Heart Arrest Ischemia Acidosis, Lactic Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Metformin Hypoglycemic Agents Risk Factors Aged Female |
Rights: | © 2014 Ncomanzi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
DOI: | 10.1186/1752-1947-8-159 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-159 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Medicine publications |
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