Diabetic ketoacidosis: Evaluation and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 337-346

  Westerberg, Dyanne P ^a  

^a Children s Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; KETONE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN EDEMA; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FATIGUE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84875046614     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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