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Review
. 2007 Dec;51(9):1434-47.
doi: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000900005.

[Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults--update of an old complication]

[Article in Portuguese]
Bianca Barone  1 , Melanie Rodacki, Maria Claudia Peixoto Cenci, Lenita Zajdenverg, Adolpho Milech, José Egidio P de Oliveira
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[Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults--update of an old complication]

[Article in Portuguese]
Bianca Barone et al. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute complication of Diabetes Mellitus characterized by hyperglycemia, metabolic acidosis, dehydration, and ketosis, in patients with profound insulin deficiency. It occurs predominantly in patients with type 1 diabetes and is frequently precipitated by infections, insulin withdrawal or undiagnosed type 1 diabetes. The authors review its pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria and treatment options in adults, as well as its complications.

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