Diabetic ketoacidosis in children may cause brain injuries ranging from mild to severe. Whether intravenous fluids contribute to these injuries has been debated for decades. We conducted a 13 ...

One reason why fast fluid replacement was implicated as a potential cause of brain injury is that children who have severe DKA are very dehydrated. And kids who are more dehydrated would get more ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state (HHS) ... Fluids. Replacement of lost fluids is the critical first step in the management of both DKA and HHS 38.

For decades, clinicians have worried that giving too much intravenous fluid to children with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) may contribute to brain swelling and injury, and even death. Now, after a ...

New study shows that intravenous (IV) fluids may not be causing brain damage in children with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) as is popularly believed Currently held belief is that IV fluids may be ...

In DKA, ischemia may play a role ... acidosis and hypocarbia on presentation and received a large volume of i.v. fluid resuscitation. Additionally, prior episodes of ischemia are associated ...

A person with diabetic ketoacidosis is usually admitted in the hospital and treated in the emergency room or intensive care unit. Fluid replacement and insulin administration intravenously (IV ...

For this reason, the ADA recommendations encompass a three-tiered approach to potassium regulation during fluid and insulin therapy for DKA: Patients with a serum potassium concentration >5.2 mEq ...

Solutions for Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Finding the Right Balance. ... Any patient presenting in hypovolemic shock was first resuscitated with a bolus of the fluid type they were assigned.

Drink fluids. Diabetic ketoacidosis also makes you dehydrated, so it is important to drink fluids. If you can't keep fluids down because you are vomiting, you should go to the hospital, says Brodsky.

People with diabetes either don't produce enough insulin or can't use it effectively. One complication of diabetes can lead ...