HHNKC is also known as diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma (HHOC), hyperosmolar nonketotic coma (HONK), hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) or hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome (HHNS). In HHNKC, blood sugar levels rise, and your body tries to get rid of the excess sugar by passing it into your urine.
Pressures sores result from the death (necrosis) of tissues due to local deprivation of blood supply, and thus of oxygen (ischemic necrosis). This is why tissue compression is the first clinical sign of pressure sores; it blocks the small blood vessels supplying tissues.
Represents the minimal pressure in the left ventricle which can maintain its ejection phase. See also blood pressure. pressure gauge. a device attached to the outlet of gas tanks to measure internal pressure which indicates the quantity of gas remaining. pressure gradient. the rate of increase (or decrease) in the magnitude of the pressure being measured. intracranial pressure (ICP). see intracranial pressure. intraocular pressure (IOP). the pressure exerted against the outer coats by the contents of the eyeball.