title: Acute limb ischaemia in a septic patient with diabetic ketoacidosis.
abstract: This is a patient with septicaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis who developed an acute ischaemic lower limb from an arterial thrombus. The patient had decreased protein S function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alfred
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wright-Pascoe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*