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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Exam Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Exam Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
DKA description - ✔️✔️-Define: a complication of diabetes mellitus that is life-threatening,
if not treated. It is due to the breakdown of fats which turn into ketones because there is
no insulin present in the body to take glucose into the cell. Therefore, you will see
hyperglycemia and ketosis and acidosis.
- Diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complicationof type 1 diabetes mellitus that
develops when a severe insulin deficiency occurs
-the main clinical manifestation includes hyperglycemia, dehydration, ketosis, and
acidosis
Key Players of DKA: - ✔️✔️-Glucose: fuels the cells so it can function. However, with
DKA there is no insulin present to take the glucose into the cell...so the glucose is not
used and the patient will experience hyperglycemia >300 mg/dL
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-Insulin: helps take glucose into the cell so the body can use it for fuel. In DKA, the body
isn't receiving enough insulin...so the GLUCOSE can NOT enter into the cell. The
glucose floats around in the blood and the body starts to think it is starving because it
cannot get to the glucose. Therefore, it looks elsewhere for energy.
-Liver & Glucagon: the body tries an attempt to use the glucose stores in the liver
(because it doesn't know there is a bunch of glucose floating around in the blood and
thinks the body is experiencing hypoglycemia). In turn, the liver releases glucagon to
turn glycogen stores into more GLUCOSE....so the patient becomes even more
hyperglycemic
-Ketones: a byproduct of fat break down. In DKA, the body needs FUEL to function so it
starts to break down FATS since it cannot use the glucose in the body. The patient will
experience increased ketones in the body which are LIFE-THREATENING to a diabetic
patient because it causes the blood to become acidic (metabolic acidosis)
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