Diabetic Emergencies in Small Animals

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-333

  O'Brien, Mauria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterregulatory; Glucagon; Hyperglycemia; Hyperosmolality; Insulin; Ketones

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; FATTY ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; KETONE; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MANNITOL; NORMOSOL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CARE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSURIA; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPEROSMOLALITY; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOCHLOREMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KETONURIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; OSMOTIC DIURESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PROGNOSIS; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMERGENCIES; GLUCAGON; HYPERGLYCEMIC HYPEROSMOLAR NONKETOTIC COMA; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77249142429     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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