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Clinical course after admission of a 64-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus and metformin-associated lactic acidosis. Blood lactic acid level, acidosis, and serum creatinine level were ameliorated by renal replacement therapy. CLDM, clindamycin; CTRX, ceftriaxone; CVVHDF, continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HD, hemodialysis; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
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These treatments improved lactic acidosis, renal function, and the acid-based disturbance (Fig. 1).