Insulin regimens for diabetic ketoacidosis.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Insulin in special situations: diabetic ketoacidosis.
K is a potential life-threatening metabolic complication of diabetes mellitus. Although it is commonly associated with type 1 diabetes, it can also occur in patients with type 2 disease during catabolic periods of stress.1 In contrast with the widespread belief, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is more common in adults than in children.2 Inspite of impressive advances in its understanding and manage...
متن کامل[Treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis with small doses of insulin].
The authors discussed the results of the treatment of 50 patients who had been admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. The purpose of the investigation was to prove the effectiveness and reliability of therapy of diabetic ketoacidosis using small doses of insulin in combination with the administration of a sufficient amount of liquid, potassium and, when indicated, sodium bicarbonate. ...
متن کاملDiabetic ketoacidosis.
A diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis requires the patient's plasma glucose concentration to be above 250 mg per dL (although it usually is much higher), the pH level to be less than 7.30, and the bicarbonate level to be 18 mEq per L or less. Beta-hydroxybutyrate is a better measurement of the degree of ketosis than serum ketones. Intravenous insulin and fluid replacement are the mainstays of th...
متن کاملDiabetic Ketoacidosis
A chronic autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta cells results in decreasing endoge‐ nous insulin secretion and the clinical manifestation of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The clinical onset of the disease is often acute in children and adolescents and diabetic ketoaci‐ dosis (DKA) is present in 20-74% of the patients [1-7]. DKA is a serious condition that re‐ quiring immediate interv...
متن کاملTreatment of diabetic ketoacidosis with subcutaneous insulin aspart.
OBJECTIVE In this prospective, randomized, open trial, we compared the efficacy and safety of aspart insulin given subcutaneously at different time intervals to a standard low-dose intravenous (IV) infusion protocol of regular insulin in patients with uncomplicated diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 45 consecutive patients admitted with DKA were randomly assig...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6062.714-c