• Aust Fam Physician · Nov 2010

    Case Reports

    Failure to diagnose: diabetic ketoacidosis.

    • Sara Bird.
    • Medico-Legal and Advisory Services, MDA National, Australia. sbird@mdanational.com.au
    • Aust Fam Physician. 2010 Nov 1; 39 (11): 867-8.

    AbstractA recent coronial inquest examined the death of a patient, 17 years of age, from fulminant diabetic ketoacidosis.1 The patient's presentation with diabetic ketoacidosis was the first manifestation of the onset of type 1 diabetes. This article examines the Coroner's findings and recommendations.

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