Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus resulting from the consequences of insulin deficiency
Tag Ketoacidosis
Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: rare; small proportion of chronic ethanol abusers; relatively benign if patients given IV dextrose and fluids; unclear aetiology
Sodium Bicarbonate and Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Sodium Bicarbonate and Diabetic Ketoacidosis. The correction of the acidaemia in DKA is achieved by correcting the underlying pathophysiology with fluid replacement and insulin
Ketoacidosis
Ketoacidosis is a high anion gap metabolic acidosis due to an excessive blood concentration of ketone bodies (keto-anions).
Metabolic Mayhem a Headache
An 87 year old female presented with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. GCS 8/15. Can you figure out her acid-base disturbance?