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Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Non-Ketotic Hyperosmolar Coma: Causes, Treatment and Follow-Up

A clinical deck covering both hyperglycaemic emergencies. Diabetic ketoacidosis comes first with its alternative names, causes, risk factors, symptoms, signs, treatment and prevention; non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma follows with its pathophysiology of relative insulin deficiency, marked hyperglycaemia and hyperosmolarity, osmotic diuresis and volume depletion, why ketosis is absent, its presentation, management drug by drug with adult doses, follow-up, complications, prognosis, and a closing section on recognising and treating hypoglycaemia.

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