What Is Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)? Diabetic ketoacidosis, also known as DKA, is a serious complication of diabetes that happens when your body doesn't have enough of a hormone called insulin, which ...

Diabetes Mellitus: A group of disorder in which there is a defect in the transfer of glucose (sugar) from the blood stream into cells leading to abnormally high levels of blood sugar (hyperglycemia).

Ketosis is when ketones are produced in the body from the breakdown of fat for energy. Only if too many ketones accumulate in the body may ketosis progress to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a life ...

Ketosis and ketoacidosis may sound similar, but ketosis is a fat-burning metabolic state, while diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complication of diabetes. Ketones in the body trigger both ...

It is believed that low-carbohydrate diets work best in reducing weight when producing ketosis. 1 We report on a 51-year-old white woman who does not have diabetes but had ketoacidosis while consuming ...

This review focuses on three issues facing clinicians who care for patients with diabetic ketoacidosis; all of the issues are related to acid–base disorders. The first issue is the use of the plasma ...

Use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2) drugs should continue in patients with diabetes, in line with current recommendations, conclude the American Association of Clinical ...

A 55-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus presented with three days of anorexia and coffee-ground emesis in the context of noncompliance to insulin therapy. She denied caustic ...

A case study in the Journal of Medical Reports discusses a non-diabetic patient whose ketoacidosis was likely caused by the combination of a strict diet and breastfeeding. Low-carbohydrate diets have ...