• (diabetic acidosis) Complication of diabetes resulting from severe insulin deficiency coupled with an absolute or relative increase in glucagon concentration; metabolic acidosis is caused by the breakdown of adipose stores and resulting increased levels of free fatty acids; glucagon accelerates the oxidation of the free fatty acids producing excess ketone bodies (ketosis).
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• A complication of diabetes in which substances called ketones build up in the blood to dangerously high levels.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• A life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus, primarily of TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS with severe INSULIN deficiency and extreme HYPERGLYCEMIA. It is characterized by KETOSIS; DEHYDRATION; and depressed consciousness leading to COMA.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• A metabolic derangement characterized by ketosis, acidosis, and often hyperglycemia, as a consequence of absolute or relative insulin deficiency.
  NICHD Pediatric Terminology
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• A type of diabetic metabolic abnormality with an accumulation of ketone bodies.
  Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
  The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
• A type of metabolic acidosis produced by accumulation of ketone bodies resulting from uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
  U.S. FDA Glossary
  U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
• The metabolic condition resulted from uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, in which the shift of acid-base status of the body toward the acid side because of loss of base or retention of acids other than carbonic acid is accompanied by the accumulation of ketone bodies in body tissues and fluids.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute metabolic complication of diabetes characterized by hyperglycemia, hyperketonemia, and metabolic acidosis. Hyperglycemia causes an osmotic diuresis with significant fluid and electrolyte loss. DKA occurs mostly in type 1 diabetes mellitus. It causes nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain and can...
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
• Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute, major, life-threatening complication of diabetes that mainly occurs in patients with type 1 diabetes, but it is not uncommon in some patients with type 2 diabetes. This condition is a complex disordered metabolic state characterized by hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, and ketonuria.
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019
• Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious complication of diabetes that occurs when your body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones.
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
• Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute metabolic complication of diabetes that is potentially fatal and requires prompt medical attention for successful treatment. It is characterized by absolute insulin deficiency and is the most common acute hyperglycemic complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Triad of DKA
  Epocrates
  Athenahealth, Inc., 2019