Poovazhagi Varadarajan Author
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National Aerospace Labs
madras university Diabetic keto acidosis (DKA) is the major cause for mortality in children with Diabetes
National Aerospace Labs Diabetic keto acidosis (DKA) is the major cause for mortality in children with Diabetes mellitus (DM). With increasing incidence of type 1 DM worldwide, there is an absolute increase of DM among children between 0-14 year age group and overall incidence among
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Author(s): Poovazhagi Varadarajan
Cerebral edema in children with Diabetic Keto acidosis –From a pediatric tertiary care Institute in South India
Cerebral edema (CE) is the major cause for mortality in children with Diabetic keto acidosis (DKA). This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence, risk factors and outcome of cerebral edema in children with DKA. Among the study of 118 episodes of DKA, cerebral edema was encountered in 28 children (23.7%). 93% of cerebral edema was diagnosed either at admission or within 6 hours of therapy
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