Diagnostic and therapeutic approach of diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents in the emergency department = Enfoque diagnóstico y terapéutico de la cetoacidosis diabética en niños y adolescentes en el servicio de urgencias

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the most frequent complication in children with type 1 diabetes. DKA is due to a partial or complete insulin deficit, associated with an increase of counterregulatory hormones, which leads to the biochemical alterations that define the disease: hyperglycemia, metabolic...

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Main Authors: Ana María Jiménez Fadul, Juan Carlos Cortés Millán
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2013-07-01
Series:Iatreia
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Online Access:http://www.iatreia.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/14285/13599