Association of preadmission metformin use and mortality in patients with sepsis and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Association of preadmission metformin use and mortality in patients with sepsis and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Abstract Background Recent studies have reported that preadmission metformin users had lower mortality than non-metformin users in patients with sepsis and diabetes mellitus; however, these results are still controversial. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published ob...

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Main Authors: Huoyan Liang, Xianfei Ding, Lifeng Li, Tian Wang, Quancheng Kan, Lexin Wang, Tongwen Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Metformin
Mortality
Sepsis
Diabetes mellitus
Meta-analysis
Systematic review
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2346-4

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