Diabetic ketoacidosis, a common disease with life-threatening pitfalls
De Roquetaillade, C.; Llitjos, J.F.; Paul, M.; Guillemet, L.; Hadj Salem, O.B.; Mira, J.P.; Cariou, A.
Acute Medicine 18(3): 189-191
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4892 PMID: 31536057 Document Number: 17955
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a common cause for admission in Emergency Department. Its treatment is well defined. Nevertheless, in some cases, type I diabetes combines with auto-immune polyendocrine syndrome, which can carry life-threatening consequences. Here we report the case of a young man with inaugural DKA who exhibited ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest due to significant hypokalaemia, following undiagnosed thyrotoxicosis with periodic paralysis.
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