title: Acute complications.
abstract: Critically high or low blood sugar in a patient with diabetes is a medical emergency. You'll need to be able to quickly identify and know how to manage the acute complications of diabetes to help a patient avoid a tragic outcome. Here's how.
authors.affiliation: Lovelace Health Systems, Albuquerque, N.M., USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cypress
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D006944:Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy