Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium in a child with severe diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report

• Auteurs principaux: Ajay Walimbe (Auteur), Guruprasad Hassan Shankar (Auteur), Bhakti U Sarangi (Auteur), Varsha Sharma (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Apart from being the most common endocrine emergency in the pediatric intensive care unit, some clinical manifestations of diabetic ketoacidosis such as vomiting and continued acidotic breathing may, on the rare occasion, lead to unexpected complications such as pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium,...