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Descriptor English: Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Descriptor Spanish: Cetoacidosis Diabética
Descriptor cetoacidosis diabética
Entry term(s) acidosis diabética
cetosis diabética
Scope note: Complicación, con riesgo vital, de la diabetes melliitus, principalmente de la DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO II, con déficit grave de INSULINA e HIPERGLUCEMIA extrema. Se caracteriza por una excesiva LIPOLISIS, oxidación de ÁCIDOS GRASOS, producción de CUERPOS CETÓNICOS, olor dulzón del aliento (CETOSIS), DESHIDRATACIÓN, y pérdida progresiva de la consciencia, precursora del COMA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cetoacidose Diabética
Descriptor French: Acidocétose diabétique
Entry term(s): Acidoses, Diabetic
Acidosis, Diabetic
DKA Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Acidoses
Diabetic Acidosis
Diabetic Ketoacidoses
Diabetic Ketoses
Diabetic Ketosis
Ketoacidoses, Diabetic
Ketoacidosis, Diabetic
Ketoses, Diabetic
Ketosis, Diabetic
Tree number(s): C18.452.076.176.652.500
C19.246.099.812
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016883
Scope note: A life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus, primarily of TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS with severe INSULIN deficiency and extreme HYPERGLYCEMIA. It is characterized by KETOSIS; DEHYDRATION; and depressed consciousness leading to COMA.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 92; KETOSIS, DIABETIC was heading 1975-91 (see under ACIDOSIS, DIABETIC 1975-90); ACIDOSIS, DIABETIC was heading 1966-91
Online Note: use DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS to search KETOSIS, DIABETIC 1975-91 & ACIDOSIS, DIABETIC 1966-91
History Note: 92; KETOSIS, DIABETIC was heading 1975-91 (see under ACIDOSIS, DIABETIC 1975-90); ACIDOSIS, DIABETIC was heading 1966-91
DeCS ID: 30156
Unique ID: D016883
NLM Classification: WK 830
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Diabetic Ketoacidosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0025687
Scope note A life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus, primarily of TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS with severe INSULIN deficiency and extreme HYPERGLYCEMIA. It is characterized by KETOSIS; DEHYDRATION; and depressed consciousness leading to COMA.
Preferred term Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Entry term(s) Acidoses, Diabetic
Acidosis, Diabetic
DKA Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Acidoses
Diabetic Acidosis
Diabetic Ketoacidoses
Diabetic Ketoses
Diabetic Ketosis
Ketoacidoses, Diabetic
Ketoacidosis, Diabetic
Ketoses, Diabetic
Ketosis, Diabetic



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