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ea0011p165 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

Metformin-associated lactic acidosis in a caucasian woman precipitated by acute renal failure treated with bicarbonate haemodialysis

González Losada T , Del Olmo García L , Martinez de Icaya P , Alcázar Lázaro V , López del Val T , Pérez Pelayo M , Herranz Antolín S

Clinical case: A 51 year-old caucasian woman was admitted in the emergency room of our hospital with psicomotor agitation and confusion after four days of a profuse watery diarrhea, with 5 stools per day, abdominal cramps and vomiting. She started 500 mg of aspirin on her own initiative. Her medical profile included a type 2 diabetes treated with metformin 850 mg/12 hours and glyburide 7.5 mg/day, and hypertension treated with enalapril 20 mg/day. No renal imparement was docum...