Case 15-2021: A 76-Year-Old Woman with Nausea, Diarrhea, and Acute Kidney Failure

N Engl J Med. 2021 May 20;384(20):1943-1950. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100274.

Authors

Oladapo O Yeku¹, Arielle J Medford¹, Andrew Z Fenves¹, Sacha N Uljon¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (O.O.Y., A.J.M., A.Z.F.) and Pathology (S.N.U.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (O.O.Y., A.J.M., A.Z.F.) and Pathology (S.N.U.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 34010534
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100274

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Acidosis, Lactic / chemically induced
Acidosis, Lactic / complications
Acidosis, Lactic / diagnosis*
Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
Aged
Coronary Artery Disease / complications
Creatinine / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Diarrhea / etiology
Female
Heart Failure / complications
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents / adverse effects*
Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
Metformin / adverse effects*
Metformin / therapeutic use
Nausea / etiology

Substances

Hypoglycemic Agents
Metformin
Creatinine