Severe lactation ketoacidosis presenting as a respiratory complaint

Abstract Ketoacidosis, a type of high anion gap metabolic acidosis, results from 1 of 3 etiologies: diabetic ketoacidosis, alcoholic ketoacidosis, or starvation ketoacidosis (SKA). In rare instances, young and otherwise healthy lactating women have been found to develop lactation ketoacidosis, a for...

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Main Authors: Tamlyn Hall, Eytan Shtull‐Leber, Shahid Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12593
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