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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

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

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Management Summary Symptoms ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... • Polyuria • ... Polydipsia • Vomiting ... #Management #Endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
osmotic diuresis & vomiting ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... Polyphagia • Polyuria ... , vomiting (Incr ... pathophysiology #endocrinology
Typical Clinical Features of DKA:
 - 
Acetone breath 
 - Tachycardia 
 - Soft Bp
respirations - Nausea ... /vomifing - Abdominal ... pain - Polyuria ... #Diagnosis # ... #Symptoms #Signs
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... Presentation seems like DKA ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... : Nausea, Vomiting ... High Lactate, Low Potassium
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
/vomiting • Fatigue ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... addisons #disease #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #signs