title: Ketoacidosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes - flatbush diabetes.
abstract: There is increasing recognition of a group of patients with type 2 diabetes who can present with ketoacidosis. Most reports have been of patients of African descent; however, the condition has been reported in other groups. This is a case of a Caucasian patient who has had three presentations with ketoacidosis and whose diabetes is not usually insulin-dependent.
authors: BSc (Hons), MBBS, FACRRM, is a rural procedural GP who teaches in the Esperance site of the Rural Clinical School, University of WA and University of Notre Dame, Western Australia.
authors: Donald
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authors: Howarth
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography