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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... (DKA) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Symptoms ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... #Diabetic #Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... (DKA) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Symptoms ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... #Diabetic #Ketoacidosis
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
hyperglycemic crises ... patients with diabetes ... Key signs/symptoms ... of HHS/DKA: Both ... , hypotension) DKA
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... (DKA) - Pathogenesis ... out of cells may cause ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... endocrinology #diabetes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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• Neurologic symptoms ... • Ischemia • Diabetes ... • Ischemia • Diabetes ... • Ischemia • Diabetes ... #Ophthalmology
Typical Clinical Features of DKA:
 - 
Acetone breath 
 - Tachycardia 
 - Soft Bp
Clinical Features of DKA ... respirations - Nausea ... #Diagnosis #Diabetic ... #Ketoacidosis #DKA ... #Symptoms #Signs
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Causes of Myocarditis ... immunodeficiency virus-1 DNA ... insulin-dependent diabetes ... Amphetamines, anthracyclines ... more commonly cause
Management of Anthracyclines and HER2 Antagonist Cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines cause cardiomyopathy:
 ✖ Reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
cause cardiomyopathy ... HER2 agents cause ... heart failure symptoms ... antagonist (MRA) plus diuretic ... hypertension, diabetes