Hyperkalaemia in an elderly diabetic patient
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Severe hyperkalaemia in association with diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient presenting with severe generalized muscle weakness.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute, life-threatening metabolic complication of diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycaemia, ketosis (ketonaemia or ketonuria) and acidosis are the cardinal features of DKA [1]. Other features that indicate the severity of DKA include volume depletion, acidosis and concurrent electrolyte disturbances, especially abnormalities of potassium homeostasis [1,2]. We describe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.915.54