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A 49-year-old woman with dehydration developed lactic acidosis and acute renal failure during treatment with metformin for type 2 diabetes mellitus [dosage and duration of therapy to reaction onset not stated] and losartan [dosage, duration of therapy to reaction onset and therapeutic indication not stated].
The woman, who had been undergone manipulation of a frozen shoulder under general anaesthesia, presented with a 5-day history of vomiting, diarrhoea, and lower abdominal pain. She...