Euglycaemic ketoacidosis or partially-treated ketoacidosis?
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Euglycaemic ketoacidosis in patients with and without diabetes
Ketoacidosis in individuals with diabetes is usually associated with a raised plasma glucose concentration. However, ketoacidosis in diabetes can occur with normal (≤11mmol/L) plasma glucose levels. Ketoacidosis is also seen in patients who do not have diabetes, most commonly in pregnancy or following alcoholic binges, rarely with starvation, anorexia nervosa or inborn errors of metabolism. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practical Diabetes International
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1357-8170,1528-252X
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1253