diabetic ketoacidosis

American  

[dahy-uh-bet-ik kee-toh-as-i-doh-sis, kee-toh‐] / ˌdaɪ əˈbɛt ɪk ˈki toʊˌæs ɪˈdoʊ sɪs, ˌki toʊ‐ /

noun

Pathology.

1. a serious metabolic complication of diabetes that occurs when the body produces high levels of ketones. DKA

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Etymology

Origin of diabetic ketoacidosis

First recorded in 1955–60; diabetic ( def. ) + ketoacidosis ( def. )

Example Sentences

Currently, many young people go undiagnosed and risk developing a life-threatening complication called diabetic ketoacidosis that needs urgent hospital treatment.

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She was diagnosed aged 13 after developing diabetic ketoacidosis.

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She died from diabetic ketoacidosis, which causes a dangerous build-up of ketones - a type of acid - and blood sugar spikes at her home in Toowoomba west of Brisbane in January 2022.

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Elizabeth Struhs died at home in 2022, having suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which causes fatally high blood sugar.

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By the fourth day, she had died of diabetic ketoacidosis.

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