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 ...

Results demonstrated an incidence rate of 391/100,000 person years was calculated based on the 163 patients who were hospitalized with lactic acidosis during the follow-up period. According to results ...

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, ...

HONG KONG — A new Japanese and U.S. collaborative study showing that inhibition of the oxygen sensor prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2 (PHD2) in the liver enhanced uptake of lactate for ...

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., ...

A 49-year-old woman was admitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital because of coma and hypothermia. The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus had been established 4 years previously. Initial treatment of the ...

Lactate is the end product of the cytosolic metabolism of glucose, and its accumulation in the blood signals an increase in production or a decrease in utilization, or both. The liver is a major site ...

A researcher at the University of Houston finds management of diabetic ketoacidosis may center around reducing ketone levels ...

A 41-year-old man presented with fevers, weakness, dizziness, and nausea. He had hypotension (87/53 mm Hg), tachycardia, and lactic acidosis. Computed tomography was performed (see images). The ...

Metformin is a widely prescribed antihyperglycemic agent designed to improve glucose tolerance in patients with type 2 diabetes. In fact, it was the second-most commonly prescribed drug in the U.S. in ...

Lactic acidosis represents a challenging metabolic complication in patients with haematological malignancies. Notably, type B lactic acidosis occurs in the absence of hypoxia and is associated with ...