Endocrine Abstracts

Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) is defined by a Ph <7.35 and lactate levels greater than 5 mM. It must be distinguished from other lactic acidosis usually secondary to septic shock. Renal functional prognosis and mortality are not clearly separated in publications and many make the amalgam between the two entities with an estimated mortality of 30 to 50% and poor renal prognosis.We did a retrospective, observational, cohort study of patie...