Prevention of diabetic ketoacidosis and self-monitoring of ketone bodies: An overview

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1197-1207

  Weber, Christian ^a   Kocher, Serge ^a   Neeser, Kurt ^a   Joshi, Shashank R ^b  

^a Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics   (Switzerland)

^b Jaslok and Lilavati Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Acetoacetate; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Disease management; Epidemiology; Ketone bodies

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; KETONE BODY;

DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SELF MONITORING; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 67649398904     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990902863105     Document Type: Short Survey

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