internal medicine endocrine
and metabolic disorders internal medicine endocrine
and metabolic disorders
| Diabetic ketoacidosis |
| Prevalence Causes Clinical features Investigations Therapy Prevention Prognosis |  |
Watch for cerebral oedema during resuscitation of patients aged < 30, particularly in patients whose serum sodium concentration fails to rise during rehydration. 
c
Few patients die - death is mainly from associated diseases.
Recurrent episodes are common.
b
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Expiry date:
May 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides
| Author | C Ball |
| Reviewer | N Chi |
| CAT Writers | CM Ball , C Wotton |