We present a life-threatening case of severe ketoacidosis in a non-diabetic breastfeeding mother on a ketogenic diet. A review of causes of ketoacidosis is presented with special emphasis on lactation ketoacido
Note: Ketoacidosis occurs most commonly as a complication of diabetes but may occur from other causes (such as starvation). With each word from his parched mouth came an unpleasant, fruity scent of acetone, the hallmark of diabetic ketoacidosis, which occurs when the body does not have enough...
Non–insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), also referred to as type 2 diabetes, is a diabetic state in which insulin secretion is usually sufficient to prevent ketosis but not enough to prevent hyperglycemia. From: Saunders Manual of Small Animal Practice (Third Edition), 2006 About this ...
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is typically but not exclusively seen in diabetic patients. Cases of acute pancreatitis-induced DKA in nondiabetic patients have been previously reported.1,2 In general, identifying acute pancreatitis in individuals with DKA poses a diagnostic challenge due to overlap of sy...
Your body makes ketones, but not enough to make your blood too acidic, so ketosis isn’t dangerous. With ketosis, your body has enough insulin and it's working properly. In diabetic ketoacidosis, ketones build up too fast, and your blood becomes acidic. Diabetic ketoacidosis is life-threateni...
During the 6 months prior to ketoacidosis she had been treated with carbimazole for thyrotoxicosisand thyroid function just before the ketosis was above normal (T4lTBG In our series, maternalacidosis was not severe, with pH greater than 7.0 in all but one of the subjects. 11. Diabetic ketoacido...
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute, major, life-threatening complication of diabetes that mainly occurs in patients with type 1 diabetes, but it is not uncommon in some patients with type 2 diabetes. This condition is a complex disordered metabolic
Diabetic ketoacidosis is the most commonly observed acute complication of type 1 diabetes. Patients with type 2 diabetes may also develop DKA, but it is not common. Ketose-prone type 2 diabetics are more often of Afro-Caribbean or Hispanic descent. Patients with type 2 diabetes taking sodium-gl...
Why diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) happens mainly in DM type 1 and not so much in type 2? What is diabetes? How it is caused and what are its symptoms? What would be caused by hyposecretion of insulin? Explain the cause of Diabetes insipidus. What are the causes of diabetes insipidus and...
North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence: Mova Leung, Email mgleung@rogers.com Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a rare complication of alpelisib, but cases of DKA are reported....