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Diabetic ketoacidosis

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Therapy

There is no clear benefit from   
  • hypertonic glucose d

Why?

  • Patients with a glucose <14 mmol/l do not clearly have a faster improvement in biochemical markers following 10% glucose and insulin rather than 5% glucose and insulin d

Expiry date: May 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   C   Ball
Reviewer   N   Chi
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , C   Wotton