Diabetic ketoacidosis in an undiagnosed diabetic precipitated by high altitude pulmonary edema

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-86

  Ahmad, Faiz Moinuddin Haris ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute altitude illnesses; Hyperglycemia; Ketosis; Precipitating factor; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; METFORMIN; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM ION;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KETONURIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33645646044     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2006.7.84     Document Type: Article

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