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A life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus, primarily of TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS with severe INSULIN deficiency and extreme HYPERGLYCEMIA. It is characterized by KETOSIS; DEHYDRATION; and depressed consciousness leading to COMA.
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- Acidosis, Diabetic
- DKA Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Diabetic Acidosis
- Diabetic Ketosis
- Ketoacidosis, Diabetic
- Ketosis, Diabetic
- Acidoses, Diabetic
- DKA Diabetic Ketoacidoses
- Diabetic Acidoses
- Diabetic Ketoacidoses
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis, DKA
- Diabetic Ketoses
- Ketoacidoses, Diabetic
- Ketoacidosis, DKA Diabetic
- Ketoses, Diabetic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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92; KETOSIS, DIABETIC was heading 1975-91 (see under ACIDOSIS, DIABETIC 1975-90); ACIDOSIS, DIABETIC was heading 1966-91
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016883. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016883
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_ketoacidosis
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877827