ketoacidosis

IPA: kˈitoʊæsʌdˈoʊsʌs

(biology, medicine) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.

Examples of "ketoacidosis" in Sentences

Leah, what do you go through physically when you go into ketoacidosis, which is diabetic coma?
The result is called ketoacidosis, a severe condition that may put a person into a coma if not treated right away.
• Average hospitalization for Type 2 diabetes patient who develops a life-threatening complication called ketoacidosis:
Average hospitalization for Type 2 diabetes patient who develops a life-threatening complication called ketoacidosis: $11,080
In type I diabetes people get into a severe, life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis, which is totally a horse of a different color.
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.
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.
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.
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.