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Publication; issue : 2016 Year 40 Vol 1 iss 19 p
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Postmortem Diagnosis of Diabetic Ketoacidosis: An Autopsy Case
Korean J Leg Med 2016;40:19-22
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Medical Examiner’s Office, National Forensic Service, Wonju, Korea
Forensic Medicine Division, National Forensic Service Daejeon Institute, Daejeon, Korea
forensic@korea.kr
Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus, which is observed frequently in routine autopsies. However, there are limitations of postmortem diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis. Clinical diagnostic criteria of the disease are not applicable to postmortem diagnosis because of the postmortem changes of the body; hence, diagnostic morphological changes cannot be observed. We report the case of a 47-year-old man that was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis via routine autopsy and laboratory tests without information regarding his medical history. Additionally, we present a brief literature review.
Key Words: Diagnosis; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Autopsy
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