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Diabetic coma was a more significant diagnostic problem before the late 1970s, when glucose meters and rapid blood chemistry analyzers were not available in all hospitals. In modern medical practice, it rarely takes more than a few questions, a quick look, and a glucose meter to determine the cause of unconsciousness in a patient with diabetes.
The family of a severely diabetic man whom authorities said died at the hands of a nurse overseeing his care last year has filed a wrongful death suit against the facility where he lived, ...
Diabetic coma is a medical emergency in which a person with diabetes mellitus is comatose (unconscious) because of one of the acute complications of diabetes: [24] [25] Severe diabetic hypoglycemia Diabetic ketoacidosis advanced enough to result in unconsciousness from a combination of severe hyperglycemia , dehydration and shock , and exhaustion
Tri-City Herald death notices Oct. 29, 2024. Tri-City Herald staff. October 30, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Sara Coffenberry Anderson. Sara Coffenberry Anderson, 75, of Kennewick, died Oct. 28 in Kennewick.
Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs in 4.6–8.0 per 1000 people with diabetes annually. [30] Rates among those with type 1 diabetes are higher with about 4% in the United Kingdom developing DKA a year while in Malaysia the condition affects about 25% a year.
Elaine Greenhaw Ruhlman. Elaine Greenhaw Ruhlman, 79, of Kennewick, died Dec. 10 in Kennewick. She was born in Snowball, Ark., and and lived in the Tri-Cities for 32 years.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Wilma L. Martin. Wilma Lou Martin, 95, of Prosser, died on Nov. 24. She was born in Springfield, S.D., and lived in Prosser since 1953. She worked as a school bus driver and cafeteria worker for ...