Diabetic Ketoacidosis
A life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus, primarily of TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS with severe INSULIN deficiency and extreme HYPERGLYCEMIA. It is characterized by KETOSIS; DEHYDRATION; and depressed consciousness leading to COMA.
Year introduced: 1992
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Tree Number(s): C18.452.076.176.652.500, C19.246.099.812
MeSH Unique ID: D016883
Entry Terms:
- Diabetic Ketoacidoses
- Ketoacidoses, Diabetic
- Acidosis, Diabetic
- Acidoses, Diabetic
- Diabetic Acidoses
- Diabetic Acidosis
- Diabetic Ketosis
- Diabetic Ketoses
- Ketoses, Diabetic
- Ketoacidosis, Diabetic
- Ketosis, Diabetic
- DKA Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis, DKA
- DKA Diabetic Ketoacidoses
- Ketoacidosis, DKA Diabetic