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Pathogenesis of Diabetic Ketoacidosis - Insulin deficiency or severe insulin insensitivity 

#DKA #Pathophysiology #Endocrinology #Diabetes #Ketoacidosis
Pathogenesis of Diabetic ... insensitivity #DKA #Pathophysiology ... #Endocrinology ... #Diabetes #Ketoacidosis ... #Diabetic
Pathophysiology of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome (HHS)
Absolute Insulin deficit:
 - Type I DM:
Pathophysiology ... of Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... #pathophysiology ... #comparison #endocrinology ... #diabetes #diabetic
Pathophysiology and Effects of Insulin Deficiency

#Insulin #Deficiency #DKA #Ketoacidosis #Diabetes #Pathophysiology #Endocrinology
Pathophysiology ... and Effects of Insulin ... #Ketoacidosis #Diabetes ... #Pathophysiology ... #Endocrinology
Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)

DKA is a result of an absolute or relative insulin
of Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diabetic #Ketoacidosis ... #DKA #Diabetes ... #Endocrinology
DKA vs HHS
 - Think of DKA and HHS on a spectrum of hyperglycemic emergencies
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of DKA and HHS ... = insulin sensitive ... restart any home insulin ... laboratory #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #comparison #diabetic
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
Pathyophysiology ... patients with diabetes ... seizure) #Pathophys #EM ... #IM #Endo #DKA ... #HHS #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Patients with known diabetes ... Other studies: insulin ... C-peptide, pro-insulin ... antibodies #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Hypoglycemia
The “twin cycles” of diabetes, first introduced by Roy Taylor in 2008.  
#fatty liver #fatty
twin cycles” of diabetes ... fatty pancreas #diabetes ... #t2d #dm2 #insulin ... resistance #pathophysiology ... #endocrinology
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
patients with type 2 diabetes ... have new-onset diabetes ... previously established diabetes ... are Euglycemic Diabetic ... closes and acidosis has
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... ensure patient has ... DiabeticKetoacidosis #DKA #pathophysiology ... #endocrinology ... #diabetes