The management of diabetic ketoacidosis at a rural regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a biochemical triad of hyperglycaemia, ketoacidosis and ketonaemia and one of the potentially life-threatening acute metabolic complications of diabetes mellitus. This study aimed at describing the clinical profile of patients presenting with DKA to a busy...

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Main Authors: Nontobeko F.M. Ndebele, Mergan Naidoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2018-03-01
Series:African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
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Online Access:https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/1612