"Diabetic Ketoacidosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus, primarily of TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS with severe INSULIN deficiency and extreme HYPERGLYCEMIA. It is characterized by KETOSIS; DEHYDRATION; and depressed consciousness leading to COMA.
| Descriptor ID |
D016883
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.076.176.652.500 C18.452.394.750.535 C19.246.099.812
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| Concept/Terms |
Diabetic Ketoacidosis- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Diabetic Acidosis
- Ketoacidosis, Diabetic
- Diabetic Ketoacidoses
- Ketoacidoses, Diabetic
- Ketosis, Diabetic
- Acidosis, Diabetic
- Acidoses, Diabetic
- Diabetic Acidoses
- Diabetic Ketosis
- Diabetic Ketoses
- Ketoses, Diabetic
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