Fatal Cerebral Edema in a Young Adult with Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Blame the Bicarbonate?

Cerebral edema is a devastating complication of DKA which is extremely rare in adults but is the leading cause of diabetes-related death in the pediatric population. Newly diagnosed diabetes, younger age, first episode of DKA, severity of DKA at presentation, and administration of bicarbonate are pr...

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Main Authors: Sameera Natarajan, Radhika Kulkarni, Apoorva Tangri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5917459
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