TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Dialysis therapy for lactic acidosis caused by metformin intoxication: presentation of two cases
JO  - Human and experimental toxicology
A1  - Soyoral, Yasemin Usul
A1  - Begenik, Huseyin
A1  - Emre, Habib
A1  - Aytemiz, Enver
A1  - Ozturk, Mustafa
A1  - Erkoc, Reha
SP  - 1995
EP  - 1997
VL  - 30
IS  - 12
N2  - Metformin is an oral antidiabetic, which is frequently used in the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus. Serious side effects may be seen during the administration of high doses of metformin. Two cases of lactic acidosis due to ingestion of high dose metformin for suicidal purposes have been presented here; in both cases, clinical improvement was seen with bicarbonate hemodialysis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0960-3271
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0960327111403177
ID  - ref1
ER  -