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Metabolic acidosis in a patient with metformin overdose

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I Ebrahim, M Blockman

Abstract


We report a rare fatal case of acute metformin overdose in a 19-year-old woman.

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I Ebrahim, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

M Blockman, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Metabolic acidosis; Metformin overdose

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South African Medical Journal 2017;107(2):110-111. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i2.10971

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Date submitted: 2017-01-30
Date published: 2017-01-30

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