Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes-related ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute endocrine emergency requiring immediate diagnosis and management. Common misconception is that DKA is associated with type 1 diabetes only. We explored the proportion of people with type 2 diabetes, and compared the management, complications and outcome of DKA between people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.Methods: We conducted a retrospective study on people admitted with DKA across six hospi...

Introduction: Diabetes related ketoacidosis (DKA) is usually associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). However, DKA is increasingly being recognised in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We studied the differences in prevalence and precipitating factors of DKA between T1DM and T2DM.Methods: This retrospective study included all DKA episodes from January to November 2021 in six hospitals in the West Midlands, UK. DKA was diagnosed as serum glucose&#8...