Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
The conditions of DKA and NKH are life-threatening complications of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. They have characteristic clinical and laboratory features. If not treated appropriately, they can result in a high mortality rate of 15% to 28% in DKA and 17% to 50% in NKH.
Jabbour
S A
SA
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. serge.jabbour@mail.tju.edu
Miller
J L
JL
D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology