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  • noun pathology A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.

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  • noun acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus

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From ketones + acidosis

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Examples

  • Leah, what do you go through physically when you go into ketoacidosis, which is diabetic coma?

    CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2008 2008

  • In type I diabetes people get into a severe, life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis, which is totally a horse of a different color.

    Low-carbers beware the breathalyzer | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

  • Doctors from New York University wrote in The Lancet journal of a 40-year-old woman who developed a dangerous condition called ketoacidosis, a dangerous buildup of acids called ketones in the blood which can lead to patients falling into a coma.

    Ketosis cleans our cells | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006

  • All patients with type 1 diabetes can also develop a serious metabolic disorder called ketoacidosis when their blood sugars are high and there is not enough insulin in their body.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Novo Nordisk's chief science officer said on Friday the patients, who had type 1 diabetes and required insulin, died from a condition called ketoacidosis, in which sugar in the body is burned into acid, which can induce a coma in patients who go off insulin suddenly.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The Los Angeles County coroner has revealed that the troubled heiress, 30, died of diabetic ketoacidosis, which is caused by a lack of insulin and very high blood sugar.

    mirror.co.uk - Home 2010

  • • Average hospitalization for Type 2 diabetes patient who develops a life-threatening complication called ketoacidosis:

    USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 2009

  • Average hospitalization for Type 2 diabetes patient who develops a life-threatening complication called ketoacidosis: $11,080

    The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS 2009

  • The result is called ketoacidosis, a severe condition that may put a person into a coma if not treated right away.

    DWS Pill Scribe 2009

  • Average hospitalization for Type 2 diabetes patient who develops a life-threatening complication called ketoacidosis: $11,080

    The Daily News Tribune Homepage RSS 2009

  • This also happens in ketoacidosis, which is when you have so many ketone bodies that it becomes dangerous and will draw far more calcium out of your bones.

    Sorry, Keto Fans, You’re Probably Not in Ketosis - Popular Science - Pocket Sara Chodosh 2022

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