Is It Really Diabetic Ketoacidosis? Double Trouble
JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS, vol.5, no.4, pp.97-99, 2014 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 5 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.5152/jaemcr.2014.10437
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Page Numbers: pp.97-99
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Introduction: In a patient admitted to the emergency service with complaints of nausea, vomiting, polydipsia, and polyuria and with findings of hyperglycemia, ketonemia, and acidosis, the first diagnosis to be considered is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). DKA is more common among young patients, of whom 50% to 85% are adults. Uremia, lactic acidosis, and intoxication with drugs and substances, such as salicylates, methanol, paraldehyde, and ethylene glycol, may present clinically as diabetic ketoacidosis.