Too much of a good thing: Management of diabetic ketoacidosis in adults

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-57

  Blouin, Danielle ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; DIURETIC AGENT; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; INSULIN; KETONE; LOXAPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; STRESS HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANION GAP; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN TREATMENT; LETHARGY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUCOSAL DRYNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; REHYDRATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856104343     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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