Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamin), a hallucinogenic amphetamine, is often used by young people, especially at 'raves'. This illicit drug can cause many metabolic changes and its use, when associated with prolonged exercise, may exacerbate ketoacidosis in type 1 diabe...

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Autores principales: Gama, Mirnaluci Paulino Ribeiro, de Souza, Bárbara Vicente, Ossowski, Ana Carolina, Perraro, Rafaela Cristina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20682062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-240
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author Gama, Mirnaluci Paulino Ribeiro
de Souza, Bárbara Vicente
Ossowski, Ana Carolina
Perraro, Rafaela Cristina
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Ossowski, Ana Carolina
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description INTRODUCTION: Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamin), a hallucinogenic amphetamine, is often used by young people, especially at 'raves'. This illicit drug can cause many metabolic changes and its use, when associated with prolonged exercise, may exacerbate ketoacidosis in type 1 diabetic patients. CASE PRESENTATION: This is a case of ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy in a 19-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic Caucasian woman. CONCLUSION: The use of ecstasy may trigger diabetic ketoacidosis in patients with a preexisting metabolic disorder
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spelling pubmed-29223002010-08-17 Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report Gama, Mirnaluci Paulino Ribeiro de Souza, Bárbara Vicente Ossowski, Ana Carolina Perraro, Rafaela Cristina J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamin), a hallucinogenic amphetamine, is often used by young people, especially at 'raves'. This illicit drug can cause many metabolic changes and its use, when associated with prolonged exercise, may exacerbate ketoacidosis in type 1 diabetic patients. CASE PRESENTATION: This is a case of ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy in a 19-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic Caucasian woman. CONCLUSION: The use of ecstasy may trigger diabetic ketoacidosis in patients with a preexisting metabolic disorder BioMed Central 2010-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2922300/ /pubmed/20682062 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-240 Text en Copyright ©2010 Gama et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gama, Mirnaluci Paulino Ribeiro
de Souza, Bárbara Vicente
Ossowski, Ana Carolina
Perraro, Rafaela Cristina
Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report
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title_full Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report
title_fullStr Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report
title_short Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report
title_sort diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20682062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-240
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