When the condition isn’t treated, diabetic hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state can lead to life-threatening dehydration and coma. High blood sugar or hyperglycemia is a condition wherein the level ...

Abbas E. Kitabchi, PHD, MD, Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, Mary Beth Murphy, RN, MS, CDE, MBA, Eugene J. Barrett, MD, PHD, Robert A. Kreisberg, MD, John I. Malone, MD ...

Patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, a hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state, or inaccessible meter downloads were excluded. All data were collected retrospectively from medical records, ICU bedside ...

3 Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 4 Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Purpose To evaluate whether ...