Cerebral edema in diabetic ketoacidosis with serum sodium <135 mEq/L

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-146

  Sema, Akatoli ^a   Puliyel, Jacob M ^a  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SODIUM;

BLOOD CELL; BRAIN EDEMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SODIUM;

EID: 37249082936     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.09.017     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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2. Puliyel J., Puliyel M., and Hincliff R. Hypertonicity in diabetic ketoacidosis: unexpected biochemical correlates and clinical implications (1997) Presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Symposium on Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders of the Young and the 4th Asian Symposium of Childhood and Juvenile Diabetes, Chaing Mai, Thailand, January 6-9
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4. Puliyel J.M., and Bhambhani V. Ketoacid levels may alter osmotonicity in diabetic ketoacidosis and precipitate cerebral edema. [letter]. Arch Dis Child 88 (2003) 366