Determinants of altered sensorium at presentation with diabetic ketoacidosis

Minerva Endocrinologica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-272

  Ekpebegh, C ^a   Longo Mbenza, B ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPEROSMOLALITY; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BICARBONATES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858716120     PISSN: 03911977     EISSN: 18271634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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