Fig. 1From: Metformin associated lactic acidosis: a case series of 28 patients treated with sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) and long-term follow-upKaplan-Meier survival curve of admitted-discharged patients affected with MALA (admission, time 0 – 25 days). Discharged patients are marked as censored. During the follow-up (mean 27.2 months), none of the surviving patients experienced new episodes of lactic acidosis after discontinuing the drug. Two patients died at follow-up for reasons other than lactic acidosisBack to article page