Characteristics of Severe Alcoholic Ketoacidosis with a Reversible Visual Disturbance
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Characteristics of Severe Alcoholic Ketoacidosis with a Reversible Visual Disturbance
Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA) is an acute metabolic acidosis that typically occurs in people who chronically abuse alcohol and have a recent history of binge drinking, little or no food intake and persistent vomiting [1]. AKA is a result of starvation with glycogen depletion and counter-regulatory hormone production, an increased ratio of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NADH) to Nicotinamide ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Toxicology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2161-0495
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0495.s7-001