Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a complication of diabetes. It can occur when the body does not have enough insulin to use sugar as energy. Instead, it breaks down fat and produces ketones. This can ...

When a child with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) requires intensive care, clinicians often monitor blood ketone levels to determine whether treatment has successfully reversed the abnormal ketone ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) are two serious complications of diabetes that are potentially life threatening. Both involve a dangerous rise in sugar levels, ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common severe complication of diabetes, which develops when the body can’t produce enough insulin. During DKA the body starts breaking down fat, causing a buildup of acids ...

Compared with other racial/ethnic groups, Black patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) presented to medical centers with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) more often throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with diabetic ketoacidosis at type 1 diabetes diagnosis did not have a significant difference in HbA1c ...

Preoperative SGLT2 inhibitor use was not associated with an increased risk for postoperative diabetic ketoacidosis among patients with type 2 diabetes. Use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor ...

Patients with SGLT2 inhibitor-associated diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) received significantly lower doses of insulin in the first 24 hours of treatment compared with patients with type 1 diabetes DKA, ...

The study covered in this summary was published in Preprints With The Lancet and has not yet been peer reviewed. Patients with diabetes who were hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) had worse ...