Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 818-823 , December 2009

Acute Metformin Overdose: Examining Serum pH, Lactate Level, and Metformin Concentrations in Survivors Versus Nonsurvivors: A Systematic Review of the Literature

  • Damon M. Dell'Aglio, MD

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    • Emory University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine and the Georgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Damon M. Dell'Aglio, MD, Georgia Poison Center, 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
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  • Louis J. Perino, MD, PhD, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine and the Georgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA
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  • Ziad Kazzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine and the Georgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA
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  • Jerome Abramson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, Atlanta, GA
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  • Michael D. Schwartz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine and the Georgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA
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  • Brent W. Morgan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine and the Georgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA

Received 20 June 2008 ,Revised 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 29 April 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Lewis S. Nelson, MD

 Author contributions: DD and LP conducted the literature review, data collection and database search. JA conducted the statistical analysis and statistical editing and revision. DD wrote the initial draft. All authors conceived and designed the study and contributed to editing and revisions. All authors contributed substantially to revisions. DD takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online June 25, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00486-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.04.023

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 818-823 , December 2009

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