The management of diabetic ketoacidosis in children

Diabetes Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-120

  Rosenbloom, Arlan L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Medical Center of North Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; cerebral edema; children; complications; diabetic ketoacidosis; fluid replacement; hypokalemia; management; prevention; recurrent DKA

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; INSULIN LISPRO; MANNITOL; PIG INSULIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FLUID THERAPY; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATASIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; ONSET AGE; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; URINE OSMOLALITY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79952724324     PISSN: 18696953     EISSN: 18696961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13300-010-0008-2     Document Type: Review

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