Factors Influencing the Prognosis in Diabetic Coma

Article1 October 1937FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PROGNOSIS IN DIABETIC COMAEDWARD S. DILLON, M.D., F.A.C.P., W. WALLACE DYER, M.D.EDWARD S. DILLON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, W. WALLACE DYER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-4-602 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn making this report we have two purposes, first to present briefly chemical and clinical data of cases of diabetic acidosis as encountered in a large city hospital, and second to evaluate data determined at admission in regard to their effect on the prognosis.For many years we have been impressed with the fact that both the rate of incidence and the mortality rate of acidosis are much higher in diabetics of the economic and intellectual class of society which is dependent on the city hospital than in those diabetics seen in private practice. During the six years 1931 to...References1. BOWENHEKIMIAN BDI: Diabetic coma: a report of 81 instances, ANN. INT. MED., 1930, iii, 1104. LinkGoogle Scholar2. HARTMANN AF: Treatment of severe diabetic acidosis, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lvi, 413. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. JOSLINROOTWHITEMARBLEJOSLIN EPHFPAAP: Diabetic coma, Arch. Int. Med., 1937, lix, 175. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DILLONDYER ESWW: Diabetic coma with extreme hyperglycemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, cxc, 683. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. DILLONRIGGSDYER ESHEWW: Cerebral lesions in uncomplicated fatal diabetic acidosis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1936, cxcii, 360. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Presented at the St. Louis meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 22, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAn 18-yr prospective study of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis: an approach to minimizing the risk of brain herniation during treatmentPoint of Care Blood Ketone Testing of Diabetic Patients in the Emergency DepartmentAbnormal Insulin Treatment Behaviour: a Major Cause of Ketoacidosis in the Young AdultSeverely uncontrolled diabetes in the over-fiftiesComa diabeticumNon-Fatal Ketoacidosis in a 94-Year-Old Diabetic PatientKETOTIC HYPEROSMOLAR COMADIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS: ITS CAUSES AND THEIR PREVENTIONCerebral Edema with Irreversible Coma in Severe Diabetic KetoacidosisKrankheiten des KohlenhydratstoffwechselsSeason and the Metabolism of Fat and Carbohydrate: A Study of Vestigial PhysiologyAcute Complications in Juvenile Diabetes MellitusDie Prognose des Coma diabeticumDiabetic ÁcidosisDiabetic comaCardiac complications of diabetes mellitusDiabetes Mellitus in Childhood and Adolescence 1 October 1937Volume 11, Issue 4Page: 602-617KeywordsComaDeath rates ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...