Increasing numbers of people with diabetes are seeking advice about participation in high altitude climbing, which has the problems of serious metabolic demands, a high likelihood of acute mountain sickness (AMS), and leaving the climber remote from medical care. The American Diabetes Association states that “all levels of exercise, including leisure activities, recreational sports, and competi...

BACKGROUND Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus and can lead to death if untreated. It is a complex metabolic state characterised by hyperglycaemia, acidosis and ketonuria. Bonsai is one of the herbal incense products that contains synthetic cannabinoid and can be easily accessible via the internet in many countries. It cannot be detect...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND. There is little information on the clinical profile and outcome of children with diabetic ketoacidosis in India. We analysed the data of children managed by us at a tertiary care hospital. METHODS. We retrospectively analysed the case records of 21 children (13 boys and 8 girls) with diabetic ketoacidosis admitted to our hospital from January 2004 to August 2008. They wer...

Classification of diabetes—As stated by Zimmet et al. (1) in the initial chapter of a classical textbook on diabetes, the major requirement for orderly epidemiologic, genetic, and clinical research on diabetes and glucose intolerance, and indeed for their clinical management, is an appropriate classification. Furthermore, a hallmark in the process of understanding the etiology of a disease and ...

K is a potential life-threatening metabolic complication of diabetes mellitus. Although it is commonly associated with type 1 diabetes, it can also occur in patients with type 2 disease during catabolic periods of stress.1 In contrast with the widespread belief, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is more common in adults than in children.2 Inspite of impressive advances in its understanding and manage...