In general, diabetic ketoacidosis can be arbitrarily considered as mild, moderate, or severe based on the clinical and biochemical presentations. Mild DKA is typically associated with hyperglycemia ...

In a recent study, published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, researchers evaluated trends in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) prevalence at pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) diagnosis ...

The most important feature in all of these initial cases is that the patients did not recognize they had ketoacidosis, which is typically associated with severe hyperglycemia. As a result, instead of ...

Use of the long-acting insulin analogs glargine and detemir does not reduce the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), compared with the use of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with diabetic ketoacidosis at type 1 diabetes diagnosis did not have a significant difference in HbA1c ...

Readmission isn't uncommon for patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a new study. In a review of over 90,000 hospitalizations involving an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), about 20.2% of ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Black people with type 1 diabetes had a significantly ...

Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS) is also known as hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS). It involves very high blood sugar levels and can be life threatening. HHNS can happen ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a complication of diabetes. It can occur when the body does not have enough insulin to use sugar as energy. Instead, it breaks down fat and produces ketones. This can ...

Despite these losses, the increased delivery of potassium to the ECF from the intracellular space usually causes the serum concentration of potassium to be normal and, in some cases, high. This ...

Ketosis and ketoacidosis may sound similar, but ketosis is a fat-burning metabolic state, while diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complication of diabetes. Ketones in the body trigger both ...