Cerebral oedema in childhood diabetic ketoacidosis: Is treatment a factor?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-144

  Brown, T Branson ^a  

^a Emergency Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MANNITOL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LETHALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSULIN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 1542500946     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.001578     Document Type: Review

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