DKA vs HHS (copy)

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Who’s most commonly affected by DKA?

T1DM patients

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Who’s most commonly affected by HHS?

T2DM patients, especially older adults

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What can cause DKA?

  • Omission of insulin

  • Physiologic stress

    • Infection

    • Surgery

    • Stroke

    • MI

    • Untreated T1DM

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What can cause HHS?

  • Physiologic stress

    • Infection

    • Surgery

    • Stroke

    • MI

  • Medications

    • Thiazides

  • Treatments

    • Dialysis

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Abnormal lab values for DKA?

  • Blood glucose

    • >250 mg/dl

  • Arterial pH level

    • <7.3

  • Ketones present in urine

  • Plasma bicarb

    • <15 mEq/L

  • BUN and Cratinine are elevated

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Abnormal lab values for HHS?

  • Blood glucose

    • >600 mg/dL

  • BUN and Cratinine are elevated

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Which has a higher mortality rate?

HHS