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DKA Resuscitation Checklist
 - Diagnostic evaluation 
 - Crystalloid 
 - Electrolyte repletion 
 - High-flow
DKA Resuscitation ... breathing or severe acidosis ... mEq/L) - Scary Acidosis ... Management #Diabetic #Ketoacidosis ... #DKA #Checklist
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
Alcoholic ketoacidosis ... gap metabolic acidosis ... early signs of ketoacidosis ... infusion until ketoacidosis ... gap closes and acidosis
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
by an anion gap acidosis ... • Alcoholic ketoacidosis ... • Diabetic ketoacidosis ... marked anion gap acidosis ... • Euglycemic DKA
Diabetic Ketoacidosis 
Management Priorities
1. Fluids 
2. Insulin 
3. Potassium 
4. Acidosis 
5. Re-establish oral fluids,
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... Acidosis 5. ... underlying cause #DKA ... #Diabetic #Ketoacidosis
Metabolic Acidosis with Anion Gap - KILU Mnemonic

K - Ketoacidosis
	• DKA
		- With normal glucose, ask if
Metabolic Acidosis ... Mnemonic K - Ketoacidosis ... • DKA - With ... - Eugylcyemic ketoacidosis ... AnionGap #Metabolic #Acidosis
Criteria for stopping insulin drip in DKA:
Don't stop the drip until the following criteria are met
1)
insulin drip in DKA ... Resolution of ketoacidosis ... significantly acidotic ... suggesting that the ketoacidosis ... #Management #DKA
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
• Metabolic acidosis ... • DKA • Salicylate ... or starvation ketoacidosis ... exposures • Lactic acidosis
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
Ketosis (SK), acidosis ... In Alcoholic Ketoacidosis ... also have Lactic Acidosis ... DKA is essentially ... leads to severe ketoacidosis
Ketosis Disorders - Comparison Table
 • Starvation Ketosis
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA)
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Alcoholic Ketoacidosis ... (AKA) • Diabetic ... Ketoacidosis (DKA ... • Euglycemic DKA ... State (HHS) • DKA
Pediatric Diabetic KetoAcidosis (DKA) Algorithm 

#Diabetic #KetoAcidosis #DKA #Algorithm #Diabetes #Peds #Pediatrics #Management
Pediatric Diabetic KetoAcidosis ... (DKA) Algorithm ... #Diabetic #KetoAcidosis ... #DKA #Algorithm