Osmotonicity of acetoacetate: Possible implications for cerebral edema in diabetic ketoacidosis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Puliyel, Jacob M ^a  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Ketone bodies; Osmolality; Osmolar gap; Osmotic fragility test; Red cell fragility test

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; KETONE BODY; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACETOACETATES; BRAIN EDEMA; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; SODIUM; UREA;

EID: 0038221145     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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