Background: Hperosmolar, hyperglycaemic, nonketotic acidosis (HONK ... a case of this disease in a 17 month old boy with Down syndrome who presented to the ward with a decreased level of ...

A recent review 1 of the syndrome of hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma in adults indicated that no case in a person under twenty-seven years of age had ever been reported. The child described below ...

The syndrome of hyperglycemic-hyperosmolar coma has received increasing attention only in recent years. It had not previously been appreciated that extreme hyperglycemia and related physical ...