Acidosis: The prime determinant of depressed sensorium in diabetic ketoacidosis

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1837-1839

  Nyenwe, Ebenezer A ^a   Razavi, Laleh N ^a   Kitabchi, Abbas E ^a   Khan, Amna N ^a   Wan, Jim Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSMOLALITY; PH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958195031     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-0102     Document Type: Article

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