Metformin is one of most commonly prescribed medications for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metformin exerts its activity by increasing peripheral glucose uptake and utilization, and ...

A 70-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus who is in otherwise good health is experiencing gradually increasing glucose levels. Her physician considers starting her on an oral diabetes agent, ...

Background A 51-year-old man with HIV infection on highly active antiretroviral therapy presented with abdominal pain and exertional dyspnea. Physical examination revealed increased respiration and ...

Introduction: Lactic acidosis is a relatively rare complication diagnosed in patients with diabetes. Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify causes of lactic acidosis in patients with ...

A 58-year-old woman who has adult-onset diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia was taking simvastatin (Zocor) 40 mg, glyburide (Diabeta) 20 mg, metformin (Glucophage) 850 mg t.i.d., ...

Acute severe asthma can precipitate lactic acidosis through multiple pathways. Severe bronchoconstriction and hypoxaemia increase work of breathing and shift metabolism towards anaerobic glycolysis, ...

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The case of an extremely obese diabetic patient who acquired lactic acidosis while fasting and who subsequently died is described. From the departments of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, ...

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A 49-year-old man presented to the emergency department with an eight-hour history of unsteady gait, impaired concentration, difficulty speaking and blurry vision, which had developed over the ...

In this paper, [4] the authors studied a community-based cohort of patients with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and a postdiagnosis serum creatinine measurement who were receiving care in the ...