Signs and symptoms. The symptoms of an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis usually evolve over a period of about 24 hours. Predominant symptoms are  nausea and vomiting, pronounced thirst, excessive urine production and abdominal pain that may be severe.
apraxia. n. 1. (Pathology) a disorder of the central nervous system caused by brain damage and characterized by impaired ability to carry out purposeful muscular movements. [C19: via New Latin from Greek: inactivity, from a- 1 + praxis action].
No matter what name is used, the most important concept is the root word âpraxis.â Praxis means planned movement. To some degree or another, a child with the diagnosis of apraxia of speech has difficulty programming and planning speech movements. Apraxia of speech is a specific speech disorder. This difficulty in planning speech movements is the hallmark or âsignatureâ of childhood apraxia of speech.