Serum biochemistry in Nigerians with hyperglycemic emergencies

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-30

  Anumah, Felicia ^a   Ohwovoriole, Augustine ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA); Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state (HHS); Normo osmolar nonketotic hyperglycemia (NNHS); Serum osmolality

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; KETONE; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPEROSMOLALITY; MALE; NIGERIA; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM;

EID: 47549112139     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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