Diabetic ketoacidosis is often seen in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. That's a condition that causes the immune system to mistakenly attack healthy, insulin-producing cells in the ...

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-center ...

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 ...

Administering IV fluids in children with diabetic ketoacidosis may not be causing injury as is currently believed, according to a recent study conducted by scientists at UC Davis and collaborators ...

Fluid replacement and insulin administration intravenously (IV) is very important in the initial treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis. Written by : Dr Poonam Sachdev Updated at: Jan 21, 2013 16:59 IST ...

The pathophysiology resulting in cerebral edema in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is unknown. To investigate the changes in white matter microstructure in this disease, we measured ...

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.

These goals include cautious fluid resuscitation, avoidance of over-correction of hyperglycemia, and the addition of dextrose to the IV fluid when serum glucose concentration decreases to <200 mg ...

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.