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... > Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Glucose Metabolism Disorders > Diabetes Mellitus > Diabetes Complications > Diabetic Coma > Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma
Endocrine System Diseases > Diabetes Mellitus > Diabetes Complications > Diabetic Coma > Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma

Preferred term

Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Coma, Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic
  • Coma, Hyperosmolar Nonketotic
  • Coma, Nonketotic Hyperglycemic
  • Coma, Nonketotic Hyperosmolar
  • Comas, Hyperosmolar Nonketotic
  • Comas, Nonketotic Hyperosmolar
  • Hyperglycemic Coma, Nonketotic
  • Hyperosmolar Coma, Nonketotic
  • Hyperosmolar Comas, Nonketotic
  • Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Coma
  • Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma
  • Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Comas
  • Nonketotic Coma, Hyperosmolar
  • Nonketotic Comas, Hyperosmolar
  • Nonketotic Hyperglycemic Coma
  • Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma
  • Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Comas

Note

  • do not confuse with HYPERGLYCINEMIA, NONKETOTIC

Scope note

  • A serious complication of TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS. It is characterized by extreme HYPERGLYCEMIA; DEHYDRATION; serum hyperosmolarity; and depressed consciousness leading to COMA in the absence of KETOSIS and ACIDOSIS.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under DIABETIC COMA 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006944

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