Definition of Diabetic coma
1. Noun. Coma that can develop in inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus.
Medical Definition of Diabetic coma
1. A severe metabolic derangement that occurs in the absence of insulin. Insulin allows the body to absorb glucose into cells for energy production. In the absence of insulin, the body starts to break down fats for fuel. A metabolic byproduct of fat metabolism is referred to as a ketone. The presence of elevated blood ketones in this setting is known as diabetic ketoacidosis. In extreme, untreated cases, this can lead to coma and death. (27 Sep 1997)
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Literary usage of Diabetic coma
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1. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"diabetic coma. In the preceding chapter conditions have been considered which depend
... In diabetic coma other acids («.</., hydroxybutyric) make their ..."
2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"THE TREATMENT OF THREATENING diabetic coma Rules in Force at the Corey Hill and
New England Deaconess Hospitals 1. Nursing.—Provide a special nurse for the ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"In cases of diabetic coma the urine always contains a large excess of organic
acids, and the N of NH3 is usually increased to 18 to 25 per cent, ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"Warnings of diabetic coma. ... has found that before and during diabetic coma
numerous casts appear in the urine. Their occurrence is of great importance as ..."
5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1886)
"545) on diabetic coma. In the larger number of cases diabetics die from visceral
complications, and in many of the recorded cases of death ascribed to ..."
6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1900)
"Crotonic acid can regularly be obtained from the urines of patients in diabetic
coma. 6. The condition of diabetic coma is preceded by a period of day:-, ..."
7. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"The Cause of diabetic coma Wre have seen that in diabetic coma there is always a
... Furthermore, the symptoms of diabetic coma indicate a severe ¡UK! ..."
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