endocrine medical emergencies
Last reviewed 01/2018
The important conditions to be familiar with are:
- diabetic ketoacidosis and coma
- hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma
- non-ketotic diabetic acidosis
- the preparation of a diabetic for urgent surgery
- hypopituitary coma
- pituitary apoplexy
- acute lactic acidosis
- hypoglycaemic pre-coma and coma
- Addisonian crisis
- myxoedema coma
- thyrotoxic crisis
- acute hypercalcaemia
- tetany
hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycaemia