Emergencies in Diabetes -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1 Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adults -- Definition -- Mortality -- Precipitating factors -- Pathogenesis -- Fluid and electrolyte depletion -- Clinical features -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Complications of diabetic ketoacidosis in adults -- Further reading -- 2 Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Childhood -- Introduction -- Definition -- Pathophysiology -- Differential diagnosis -- Management -- Further reading -- 3 Hyperosmolar Non-ketotic Hyperglycaemia -- Pathogenesis -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Further reading -- 4 Insulin-induced Hypoglycaemia -- Epidemiology and frequency -- Vulnerability of the brain to hypoglycaemia -- Why is hypoglycaemia common in diabetes? -- Causes of hypoglycaemia in insulin-treated patients -- Diagnosis and management -- Further reading -- 5 Hypoglycaemia Caused by Insulin Secretagogues -- Pathophysiology -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Further reading -- 6 Lactic Acidosis in Diabetes -- Lactic acidosis in clinical practice -- Lactic acidosis independent of biguanides -- Lactic acidosis and biguanide therapy -- Further reading -- 7 Management of Diabetes during Surgery, Myocardial Infarction and Labour -- Diabetes and surgery -- Diabetes and myocardial infarction -- Diabetes and labour -- Further reading -- Index.