A comparison of postoperative blood lactate concentrations and kinetics in cardiac surgical patients being and not being administered metformin

Aim. Early discontinuation of metformin before cardiac surgery is advised by several national societies, although no hard evidence exist supporting this practice. This precaution is mostly extrapolated by data on different clinical settings. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of pre...

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Main Authors: Fotini Ampatzidou, Konstantinos Diplaris, Odysseas Drosos, George Drossos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Poznan University of Medical Sciences 2022-07-01
Series:Journal of Medical Science
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Online Access:https://jms.ump.edu.pl/index.php/JMS/article/view/631