Metformin associated lactic acidosis in Auckland City Hospital 2005 to 2009

Table 1 Patients on presenting with lactic acidosis and sepsis

	All patients	Patients on metformin
No. of patients	32	7
Age (yr)1	22-85	46-81
Sex	19 females	4 female
Ethnicity	19 Europeans,	3 Europeans,
	9 Pacific People,	3 Pacific People
	1 NZ Maori,
	1 Indian
	2 Chinese
Baseline Creatinine (μmol/L)	41-200	58-140
2eGFR mL/min per 1.73 m2	25-90	31-87
Creatinine at presentation (μmol/L)	50-600	103-463
Number who died	15	3
Number receiving acute haemodialysis	Three	Nil
Creatinine at discharge (μmol/L)	53-245	56-60
eGFR mL Tab/min per 1.73 m2	22-90	77-90

¹The age of the patient is rounded down to the nearest year;

²eGFR: The estimated glomerular filtration rate based on the four variable MDRD formula[12]. eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; MDRD: Modification of diet in renal disease.