Acid-base problems in diabetic ketoacidosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 546-554

  Ingelfinger, Julie R ^b   Kamel, Kamel S ^a   Halperin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; FATTY ACID;

ACIDEMIA; ACIDOSIS; ANION GAP; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EDEMA; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR ACIDOSIS; REVIEW; ACID BASE BALANCE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; BICARBONATES; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 84922324492     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1207788     Document Type: Review

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