[Ketoacidosis also occurs in type 2 diabetes. Important risk factors are other concomitant diseases]].
Although ketoacidosis has traditionally been regarded as a complication occurring only in conjunction with type I diabetes, there have recently been reports of its occurrence in cases of type II diabetes, e.g. in Afro-American and Japanese patients. The article reports a few cases suggesting that ketoacidosis may not be a rare phenomenon even in Swedish type II diabetes patients. This severe complication is usually precipitated by the occurrence of other concomitant disease.
Elvanides
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Medicinska kliniken, Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umeå.
Eriksson
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JW
D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D012307:Risk Factors