Muhammad Yousuf, Salim Chaudhry.
Clinical and laboratory profile of 85 episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis in Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia.
J Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;7(1):434-6.

This prospective study evaluated clinical features and laboratory profile of 85 episodes of Diabetic ketoacidosis among 71 adults in Madinah Al-Munawara, Saudi Arabia. Commonest clinical features included nausea and vomiting (48%), Polyuria and polydipsia (46%), abdominal pain (33%) and dizziness (21%). Coma at presentation was rare. Mean laboratory profile of these cases included: blood sugar 33.9 m.mol/1 arterial pH 7.10, bicarbonate 6.8 m.mol/1 serum urea 9.2 m.mol/1 serum sodium 132 m.mol/1 serum potasium 4.4 m.mol/1 and calculated serum osmolality, of 317 m.Osmol/1.

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