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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and diabetic ketoacidosis
Author(s) -
O'Sullivan Anthony J,
Casey John H
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140104.x
Subject(s) - diabetic ketoacidosis , pneumomediastinum , complication , medicine , ketoacidosis , pediatrics , diabetes mellitus , intensive care medicine , surgery , type 1 diabetes , endocrinology
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of diabetic ketoacidosis. We report two patients with this complication who presented to a Sydney hospital within one week. Although both patients were young backpackers, staying at the same hostel, we believe this was coincidental.

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