background: diabetic ketoacidosis (dka) is the final consequence and life-threatening complication of severe insulin deficiency in type 1 diabetes with occurrence of 20-40%. the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and predisposing factors of dka and its consequences. methods: this retrospective study was performed on 128 diabetic patients in amirkola children’s hospital in 2005-2...

fifty six episodes of dka occurred in 33 patients during the period between 1998 -96. these patients were admitted and treated in bahrami children hospital, a tehran university teaching medical center. the most frequent clinical manifestations consisted of polyuria and polydipsia (66%), nausea and vomiting (64%), reduction in consciousness (53%), and kussmaul respiration (53.5%). 54.6% of dka e...

Ketoacidosis is a significant and often a life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus seen mostly in type 1 diabetes mellitus as well as occasionally in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetic ketoacidosis usually manifests with high blood glucose more than 250 mg/dL, but euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis is defined as ketoacidosis associated with blood glucose level less than 250 mg/dL. Norma...

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a complication that can be precipitated by infection in Type II, as well as Type I, diabetics. If an infectious etiology of the ketoacidosis is not actively sought and vigorously treated, a fatal outcome could be erroneously attributed to ketoacidosis rather than the infection. An unusual case of a 43-yearold woman with typhoid fever presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis ...

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the final consequence and life-threatening complication of severe insulin deficiency in type 1 diabetes with occurrence of 20-40%. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and predisposing factors of DKA and its consequences. Methods: This retrospective study was performed on 128 diabetic patients in Amirkola Children’s Hospital ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes in 2006-2007 and 2013-2014. METHOD The study group consisted of 426 children aged 0-18 years with type 1 diabetes onset admitted to our hospital in 2006-2007 (group A) and 2013-2014 (group B). The study comprised the analysis of medical and laborato...

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with insulin dependent diabetes. Myocardial infarction is an uncommon but well-recognised precipitating cause of diabetic ketoacidosis, accounting for 1% of cases. Many diabetic patients with ketoacidosis initially present with hyperkelamia, which may affect the electrocardiographic morphology. We present a patient wi...

Diabetic ketoacidosis causes substantial morbidity and mortality.1 Though the management of acute diabetic ketoacidosis centers on correcting hyperglycemia and electrolyte abnormalities, other important metabolic derangements may be seen. Specifically, hypothermia may be both a cause and consequence of diabetic ketoacidosis, and the severity of the hypothermia correlates with the severity of th...