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Euglycemic Ketoacidosis
Muhammad Shahzad Rauf1
SUMMARY
The purpose of this ariticle is to highlight the importance of not relying exclusively on blood glucose measurements when assessing sick type I diabetics. Urinary ketones and venous bicarbonate are essential in making the diagnosis of relatively low blood glucose plus ketoacidosis, that we call euglycaemic ketoacidosis.
KEY WORDS: Euglycaemic Ketoacidosis.
Pak J Med Sci January - March 2008 Vol. 24 No. 1 161-162
1. Dr. Muhammad Shahzad Rauf, MBBS, MRCP,
Specialty Registrar
Core Medical Training Aberdeen Royal Infirmary,
Aberdeen,
Scotland UK.
Correspondence
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad Rauf,
160 Merkland Lane,
Aberdeen AB24 5RQ,
Aberdeen,
Scotland UK.
E-mail: drmsrauf@hotmail.com
* Received for Publication: October 31, 2007
* Accepted: December 15, 2007
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