Cerebral oedema in diabetic ketoacidosis.
Modern management of diabetic ketoacidosis has reduced mortality of this condition from inevitable death in the pre-insulin era to less than 5% in specialised centres. Most fatalities now reflect the underlying disease which has caused metabolic decompensation, such as acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident or septicaemia. However patients may still die as a direct result of the metabolic disturbances per se and the rare complication of cerebral oedema in diabetic ketoacidosis is almost invariably associated with fatal outcome.
D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans