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We report a patient with rhabdomyolysis secondary to hyperosmolar nonketotic diabetic coma (HNKC), who progressed to acute renal failure. A 43-year-old male with diabetes mellitus for three years was admitted to our hospital because of loss of consciousness. The laboratory findings at admission were
A 9 10/12 year year old girl developed severe hyperosmolar diabetic coma, and 5 days later acute renal failure. Extremely elevated levels of myoglobin were measured in serum and urine with a radioimmunoassay kit leading to the diagnosis of atraumatic rhabdomyolysis. Intermittent hemodialysis was
Aorto-coronary (A-C) bypass operations were performed in 20 patients aged 68 to 78 years, and the indications for this operation were discussed retrospectively. The subjects consisted of 14 patients successfully operated and six patients unsuccessfully operated (death 3, graft occlusion 2,
We have seen a case of "diabetic non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma" with ketosis. An 84-year-old man was brought into the hospital in a deeply comatous and dehydrated state. The initial blood glucose level was 1252 mg/dl with plasma osmolarity of 435 mOsm/l, but no ketonuria was detected by the
Because of the lack of characteristic morphological findings post mortem diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and identification of diabetic coma can be complicated. 1,5-Anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG), the 1-deoxy form of glucose, competes with glucose for renal reabsorption. Therefore low serum concentrations