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Infected Retro-umbilical Dermoid Presenting as an Acute Emergency

1968; BMJ; Volume: 4; Issue: 5622 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.4.5622.33

0959-8138

D Keown,

Tumors and Oncological Cases

Medical Memoranda?Bsx u 33 cerebral oedema, but if this is so it is surprising that cerebral oedema occurs so rarely in patients treated for diabetic ketosis with intravenous saline.Until more is known about the aetiology of this form of sudden death in diabetic ketosis it may be advisable to be cautious in the administration of sodium bicarbonate.Furthermore, it may be advisable to reduce the blood glucose in ketotic patients more slowly than is usually-advocated, and this could be achieved by the earlier administration of glucose-containing infusions.