Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.

S A Jabbour, J L Miller

Journal: Clinics in laboratory medicine 2001;21(1):99-110

PMID: 11321939

Abstract

The conditions of DKA and NKH are life-threatening complications of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. They have characteristic clinical and laboratory features. If not treated appropriately, they can result in a high mortality rate of 15% to 28% in DKA and 17% to 50% in NKH.

Address: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [email protected]
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