Diabetic ketoacidosis presenting as neurosurgical emergencies.
Three cases of ketoacidosis in previously unsuspected diabetics are described. Each was admitted to hospital as a neurosurgical emergency. The recognition of this rare presentation is stressed since prompt treatment of the metabolic disturbance rapidly resolves the neurological abnormality.
D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D003926:Diabetic Coma / Q000175:diagnosis; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009461:Neurologic Manifestations
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