Diabetes research and clinical practice
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Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. · Jun 2012
Case ReportsDiabetic ketoacidosis accompanied by hypothermia: a case report.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute, life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus and is caused by insulin insufficiency. Hypothermia is defined as a core temperature of less than 35°C and is sometimes accompanied by DKA. We report two patients with diabetes who were admitted for DKA accompanied by hypothermia.
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Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. · Jun 2012
Most type 1 diabetes presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis in Vietnamese people is negative for pancreatic islet cell autoantibodies.
Eighteen Vietnamese type 1 diabetic patients presented with ketoacidosis were serially recruited from three tertiary cares. They had mean age (±SD) 23.5±4.1years, median of blood glucose [interquartile range] 28.2 [24.3-31.3]mmol/L, pH 7.255 [7.232-7.285], C-peptide 0.265 [0.098-0.472]nmol/L. 61% were negative for both anti-GAD and ICA tests.