Low-Dose Insulin in the Treatment of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 1977, Pages 1367-1376

  Alberti, K George M M ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

CLINICAL STUDY; COMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; INFUSION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KETOACIDOSIS; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SURVEY; THERAPY;

CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HUMAN; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INSULIN; INSULIN ANTIBODIES; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KETONE BODIES; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0017595446     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1977.03630220015007     Document Type: Article

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