Diabetic ketoacidosis, a common disease with life-threatening pitfalls

Diabetic ketoacidosis, a common disease with life-threatening pitfalls

Case Reports, Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 137 – 204 (2019) / Cardiac arrest, Graves’ disease, polyendocrine autoimmune syndrome, Thyroid storm, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, type 1 diabetes
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PMID: 31536057
https://doi.org/10.52964/AMJA.0773

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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Diabetic ketoacidosis, a common disease with life-threatening pitfalls

19th September 2019
PMID: 31536057
https://doi.org/10.52964/AMJA.0773
Authors Affiliations
Charles de Roquetaillade Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
Jean-François Llitjos Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
Marine Paul Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
Lucie Guillemet Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
Omar Ben Hadj Salem Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
Jean-Paul Mira Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
Alain Cariou Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France

Diabetic ketoacidosis, a common disease with life-threatening pitfalls

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de Roquetaillade C, Llitjos JF, Paul M, Guillemet L, Hadj Salem OB, Mira JP, Cariou A. Diabetic ketoacidosis, a common disease with life-threatening pitfalls. Acute Med. 2019;18(3):189-191. PMID: 31536057.

Diabetic ketoacidosis, a common disease with life-threatening pitfalls

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