A Case of Recurrent Cerebral Oedema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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A 7-year-old girl presented with new onset type 1 diabetes, with moderate diabetic ketoacidosis. She developed clinical and radiologically confirmed cerebral oedema managed with mannitol. Despite slow normalisation of biochemical parameters and marked clinical improvement, she had a further episode of symptomatic cerebral oedema 50 hours following presentation.
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