Starvation ketoacidosis: Treatment pitfalls
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Severe ketoacidosis secondary to starvation in a frutarian patient.
The present paper presents the first clinical case of a patient suffering from Frutarianism a new "Eating disorder" and severe Ketoacidosis. The life-style feed strictly only on fruits (not even other vegetables, since plant death is necessary previous consumption).This behavioural alteration frequently leads to starvation and the subsequent Ketoacidosis due to starvation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Intensive Care Society
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1751-1437
DOI: 10.1177/1751143716687593