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A case of hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state with involuntary movements – diagnostic dilemma and clinical considerations

Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS) is a medical emergency which needs immediate medical intervention. A 37-year-old Chinese woman with a history of hypertension attended the Emergency Department. She had a two-day history of involuntary movement, i.e. chorea of the upper limbs, preceded by a on...

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Autores principales: Abd Hamid, Hanisah, Umar, Nor-Aini, Othman, Hanita, Das, Srijit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427779
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.19315
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author Abd Hamid, Hanisah
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description Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS) is a medical emergency which needs immediate medical intervention. A 37-year-old Chinese woman with a history of hypertension attended the Emergency Department. She had a two-day history of involuntary movement, i.e. chorea of the upper limbs, preceded by a one-week history of upper respiratory tract infection. She also had polyuria and polydipsia, although she was never diagnosed as diabetic. The main aim of reporting the present case was to highlight the importance of biochemical investigations involved in the diagnosis of involuntary movements.
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spelling pubmed-33027172012-03-16 A case of hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state with involuntary movements – diagnostic dilemma and clinical considerations Abd Hamid, Hanisah Umar, Nor-Aini Othman, Hanita Das, Srijit Arch Med Sci Case Report Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS) is a medical emergency which needs immediate medical intervention. A 37-year-old Chinese woman with a history of hypertension attended the Emergency Department. She had a two-day history of involuntary movement, i.e. chorea of the upper limbs, preceded by a one-week history of upper respiratory tract infection. She also had polyuria and polydipsia, although she was never diagnosed as diabetic. The main aim of reporting the present case was to highlight the importance of biochemical investigations involved in the diagnosis of involuntary movements. Termedia Publishing House 2010-12 2010-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3302717/ /pubmed/22427779 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.19315 Text en Copyright © 2010 Termedia & Banach http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A case of hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state with involuntary movements – diagnostic dilemma and clinical considerations
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title_fullStr A case of hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state with involuntary movements – diagnostic dilemma and clinical considerations
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title_short A case of hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state with involuntary movements – diagnostic dilemma and clinical considerations
title_sort case of hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state with involuntary movements – diagnostic dilemma and clinical considerations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427779
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.19315
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