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ea0049ep386 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ECE2017

Fulminant diabetic ketoacidosis complicating nivolumab immunotherapy

Tzoulis Ploutarchos , Stebbing Justin , Baker Elly , Heaton Daniel , Corbett Richard

A 56-year-old woman, recently commenced on immunotherapy as second-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, presented at the hospital critically unwell with severe diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) (glucose 47 mmol/l, blood ketones 7.5 mmol/l, pH 6.95, bicarbonate 6.6 mmol/l). One week prior to presentation, she was clinically well with random glucose of 6.1 mmol/l. Following admission to Intensive Care Unit, she responded well to standard treatment for DKA and discha...