A case of diabetic non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma with an increase with plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate.
A case of diabetic non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma with an increase with plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate.
Osamu Kinoshita,Izuru Masuda,5 Authors,Yutaka Harano
1991 · DOI: 10.1507/ENDOCRJ1954.38.465
Endocrinologia Japonica · 9 Citations
TLDR
The term hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma (HNC) is proposed to be changed to diabetic hyperosmosmolar coma (DHC), because sometimes patients with hyperosMolar non -ketotic diabetic coma are ketotic, as seen in the present case.