Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is the second most common presentation of type 1 diabetes mellitus. (First most common being early onset diabetes Mellitus.)
In this first part of the lecture we discuss:
The reason for the higher propensity of type 1 diabetes mellitus patients to develop DKA.
Polyuria/Glycosuria/Polydipsia
Hypovolemia/Hypotension
Tachycardia/Skin Turgor
Kussmaul Breathing
Fruity Odor
The role of Insulin, Glucagon, Epinephrine, and Hormone Sensitive Lipase is discussed.
Potassium level disturbance in patients presenting with DKA.
Mechanism of acidosis in DKA.
Learning objectives of this video are the following:
1. Discussing pathogenesis of Diabetic ketoacidosis
2. Clinical presentation
Presented Dr. Mobeen Syed
MD., MSc., MSc., BSc
Mobeen Syed is the CEO of DrBeen Corp, a modern online medical education marketplace. Mobeen is a medical doctor and a software engineer. He graduated from the prestigious King Edward Medical University Lahore. He has been teaching medicine since 1994. Mobeen is also a software engineer and engineering leader. In this role, Mobeen has run teams consisting of hundreds of engineers and millions of dollars of budgets. Mobeen loves music, teaching, and doing business. He lives in Cupertino CA.
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hringanayi05@*.com
Oct 27 2020, 12:41 pm
Complex and intertwined concepts but well explained. Thank you
ambersaddique456@*.com
Dec 30 2018, 9:05 am
Why cerebral edema occur before or after rapid treatment of diabetic keto acidosis ?