Erschienen in:
01.03.2005 | Correspondence
Unexpected recovery from prolonged hypoglycemic coma: a protective role of metformin?
verfasst von:
Jean-Daniel Lalau, Kamel Masmoudi
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2005
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Sir: Accumulation of the biguanide antihyperglycemic agent metformin has been linked to lactic acidosis, a complication associated with a high mortality rate in critical illness. However, there is mounting evidence that metformin accumulation has no adverse prognostic significance per se and may even be protective in severe pathologies [
1]. Here the complete recovery of an elderly woman who presented with prolonged hypoglycemic coma after sulfonylurea intoxication and metformin accumulation provides a new argument for a possible beneficial effect. …