title: Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. serge.jabbour@mail.tju.edu
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Jabbour
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology