Endocrine medical emergencies
The important conditions to be familiar with are:
- diabetic ketoacidosis and coma
- hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma
- non-ketotic diabetic acidosis
- the preparation of a diabetic for urgent surgery
- hypopituitary coma
- pituitary apoplexy
- acute lactic acidosis
- hypoglycaemic pre-coma and coma
- Addisonian crisis
- myxoedema coma
- thyrotoxic crisis
- acute hypercalcaemia
- tetany
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