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18 April 2022 : Case report  USA

Transient Complete Blindness Due to Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) Reversed with Hemodialysis

Mistake in diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Adverse events of drug therapy, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons

Libardo Rueda Prada12ABCDEFG*, Lindsey Knopps3EF, Igor Dumic ORCID logo12AEF, Christopher Barusya1EF, Anand Subramanian1EF, Antonios Charokopos24E, Adel S. Zurob24E

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935730

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935730

Figure 1. Summary of laboratory findings, treatment received for acidosis, and episode of vision loss. Normal values: Potassium (3.6–5.2 mmol/L), Bicarbonate (22–29 mmol/L), Lactate (0.5–2.2 mmol/L), Anion gap (7–15), pH (7.35–7.45). Venous blood gas specimen (v). Arterial blood gas specimen (a).

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923