Analysis of Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma Cases
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DK, DKA and HONC cases admitted to Hacettepe University Hospital in a fifteen year period (19801995) were analysed. Diagnosis of DKA was based on the fulfillment of each of the following criteria: Plasma glucose on admission >250 mg/dl, plasma HCO3 <15mEq/L, pH <7.3, ketonemia and an elevated anion gap. Patients with a plasma glucose level >250 mg/dl, blood pH in the normal range and with positive urine keton reaction were accepted as diabetic ketosis cases. For HONC cases; plasma glucose level>450 mg/dl, mental disturbance with serum osmolarity >320 mOsm/L were taken as criteria for diagnosis. Based on
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