Dka Case Studies

Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a challenging diagnosis requiring rapid interventions made by the nurse and interdisciplinary team. This diagnosis is characterized by hyperglycemia, glycosuria, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, metabolic acidosis and an increased production of ketones (Gosmanov, 2014). Although this diagnosis is rare, it has the potential to be a fatal hyperglycemic crisis that occurs in both types of diabetes mellitus (Gosmanov, 2014). The onset is sudden and commonly arises from complications including infection, stressors, at first presentation of diabetes mellitus and inadequate insulin
therapy.