Diabetic ketoacidosis: An uncommon manifestation of pesticide poisoning

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Swaminathan, Krishnan ^a   Sundaram, Meenakshi ^b   Prakash, Padma ^a   Subbiah, Senthilnayagam ^a  

^a Apollo Speciality Hospital   (India)

^b Apollo Speciality Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUCOSE; KETONE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PRALIDOXIME;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETTER; PESTICIDE POISONING; RESTLESSNESS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPINE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; PRALIDOXIME COMPOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872006082     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-1251     Document Type: Letter

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