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Diabetic coma
(redirected from Diabetic shock)

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diabetic coma
n.
A coma that develops in severe and inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus. Also called Kussmaul's coma.
Diabetic coma
Reduced level of consciousness that requires immediate medical attention.
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Among those hit by tasers are elderly people, children as young as one year old, people apparently suffering diabetic shock and epileptic seizures, people already bound in restraints, and hospital mental patients.
The trouble with tasers by Cusac, Anne-Marie / The Progressive
But, at that moment, it was other thoughts he was trying to erase from his mind - the faces of old friends who had gone into the hospital in diabetic shock and never made it out.
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By alerting people at risk, it lessens the chances of the new diabetic going into diabetic shock before the disease is recognized, says Sri Srikanta, one of the Joslin researchers.
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