Metformin-associated lactic acidosis requiring intensive care in a regional hospital in Hong Kong and predictive factors for mortality
Chung-Tat Lun, Henry Yuen, George Ng, Sheung-On So, Anne Leung, Kang-Yiu Lai
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Lun C, Yuen H, Ng G, So S, Leung A, Lai K. Metformin-associated lactic acidosis requiring intensive care in a regional hospital in Hong Kong and predictive factors for mortality. Indian J Crit Care Med 2017; 21 (12):875-877.
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