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Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious complication of diabetes. The condition develops when the body can't produce enough insulin. Insulin plays a key role in helping sugar — a major source of energy for muscles and other tissues — enter cells in the body.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is characterized by a biochemical triad of hyperglycemia, ketonemia, and acidemia, with rapid symptom onset. Common symptoms and signs include polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, weakness, weight loss, tachycardia, dry mucous membranes, poor skin turgor, hypotension, and...
Objectives: Review the etiology of diabetic ketoacidosis. Describe the management of a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis. Summarize the abnormal laboratory parameters in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis.
Diabetes-related ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening complication that affects people with diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes. A lack of insulin causes it.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute metabolic complication of diabetes characterized by hyperglycemia, hyperketonemia, and metabolic acidosis. Hyperglycemia causes an osmotic diuresis with significant fluid and electrolyte loss. DKA occurs mostly in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is serious and can be life-threatening. DKA develops when your body doesn’t have enough insulin to allow blood sugar into your cells for use as energy. DKA is most common among people with type 1 diabetes.
TYPICAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION. The presentation of DKA varies with severity and comorbid conditions. Polyuria with polydipsia is the most common presenting symptom and was found in 98...
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious complication of diabetes that can be life-threatening. With DKA, your body doesn’t have enough insulin to process sugar, so it starts burning fats...
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is life-threatening—learn the warning signs to be prepared for any situation. DKA is no joke, it’s a serious condition that can lead to diabetic coma or even death. DKA is caused by an overload of ketones present in your blood.
This review aims to comprehensively analyze the current state of immediate care for severe diabetic ketoacidosis. It will cover the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of diabetic ketoacidosis, focusing on evidence-based interventions.