McMahon A J, Green S T, Sandler M, Hillis W S
University of Glasgow, Department of Materia Medica, Stobhill General Hospital.
Scott Med J. 1987 Dec;32(6):183-4. doi: 10.1177/003693308703200609.
A 43-year-old alcoholic presented in coma with ketoacidosis, after three days of nausea and feeling generally unwell, which had been preceded by a prolonged three-week period of heavy alcohol consumption with poor dietary intake. The acidosis responded rapidly to intravenous dextrose. This is the first Scottish report of a case of alcoholic ketoacidosis.
