Severe lactic acidosis and acute renal failure following ingestion of metformin and kerosene oil: a case report

Table 1 Arterial blood gas reports

	Duration from the time of poisoning
	11 hours	15 hours	24 hours	28 hours	48 hours	51 hours	67 hours
pH	7.081	7.167		7.1	7.386	7.42	7.43
Bicarbonate, mmol/L	4	4		< 3	16.5	23.4	21.9
Base excess, mmol/L	-25.9	24.4		NA	-8.6	-1.1	-2.4
Lactate, mg/dL			59.96

pH and serum bicarbonate levels progressively decreased until 28 hours after self-poisoning and improved gradually with recurrent hemodialysis. NA, not applicable.

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