Alcoholicacidosispresents with significantly elevated acetone concentration, along with otherketone bodies. It is caused by the generally poor diet of alcoholics, who have a recent history of an alcoholic binge[64]. A typical case presentation is described by McMahon et al.[65]. A 43-year-old ...
Acute insulin deficiency (caused by lack of compliance, pump blockage, brittle diabetes), infection (the most common cause of DKA), trauma, ischemia (cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction), or volume depletion can induce signals to increase catecholamines, cortisol, growth hormone, and ...
Metabolic Acidosis and its Predisposing Factor: Euglycemic Ketoacidosis Caused by Empagliflozin and Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Case ReportKetoacidosisDiabetes mellitus type 2EmpagliflozinLow-carbohydrate ketogenic dietSodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are ...
Thispaper published in Diabetic Medicinediscusses several cases in which the drug Ecstasy combined with the excessive movements of rave dancing caused acidosis. Benign Dietary Ketosis is Controlled The condition of nutritionalketosiswhich is associated with a properly formulated ketogenic diet is not danger...
1.Metabolic acidosis caused by an abnormally high concentration of ketone bodies in the blood and body tissues. 2.This condition occurring as a complication of untreated or improperly controlled diabetes mellitus, especially type 1 diabetes, characterized by thirst, fatigue, a fruity odor on the bre...
Starvation ketoacidosis (SKA) represents one of three raised anion gap metabolic acidoses caused by the accumulation of ketone bodies in the blood stream.2 The other two causes of a ketoacidosis being alcoholic ketoacidosis and the much more common diabetic ketoacidosis.2 Starvation ketoacidosis is im...
She was advised to lose weight for which she started a keto-diet 4 weeks prior to this presentation. She had lost 15 pounds since then accompanied by polyuria and polydipsia. Upon admission, she received IV insulin and IV fluids. An endocrinology consultation was requested for euglycemic DKA ...
(i.e., polyuria caused by continued glycosuria). Aggressive treatment is not necessary in dogs or cats with ketonuria if metabolic acidosis and signs of systemic illness are not present. The presence of a concurrent disease, present in most dogs and cats with DKA, may necessitate modification...