Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
DEFINITION
- A metabolic acidosis characterized by the triad of hyperglycemia (glucose >250 mg/dL), metabolic acidosis (arterial pH ≤ 7.3, serum bicarbonate ≤ 18 meq/L) and moderate ketonuria or ketonemia.
- Most, but not all, patients have type 1 diabetes.
- Patients with type 2 diabetes also susceptible during acute illness (especially of African American or Hispanic descent) referred to as "ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes," likely due to greater relative insulinopenia[12].
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Last updated: June 2, 2019
Citation
Gonciulea, Anda, and Rita Rastogi Kalyani. "Diabetic Ketoacidosis." Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547037/all/Diabetic_Ketoacidosis.
Gonciulea A, Rastogi Kalyani R. Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547037/all/Diabetic_Ketoacidosis. Accessed September 25, 2023.
Gonciulea, A., & Rastogi Kalyani, R. (2019). Diabetic Ketoacidosis. In Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547037/all/Diabetic_Ketoacidosis
Gonciulea A, Rastogi Kalyani R. Diabetic Ketoacidosis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. ; 2019. [cited 2023 September 25]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547037/all/Diabetic_Ketoacidosis.
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