Takeshi Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Keiko Ono, Shoko Kodama-Hashimoto, Yuka Kobayashi, Tomofumi Nakamura, Tomoaki Yoshinaga, Yuma Ohkubo, Masahiro Harada, Tetsushi Toyonaga, Takeshi Takahashi, Eiichi Araki
AIMS/INTRODUCTION: The aim of the present study was to clarify the pathophysiologies of hyperglycemic crises in Japanese patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective study of patients with hyperglycemic crises admitted to Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan, between 2012 and 2019. Patients were classified as having diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hyperglycemic hyperosmotic syndrome (HHS) or a mixed state of the two conditions (MIX), and laboratory data and levels of consciousness at hospital admission, as well as the rates of mortality and coagulation disorders, were compared...
August 2021: Journal of Diabetes Investigation