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Feb 2021
58m 41s

Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Roadside to Resus

Simon Laing, Rob Fenwick & James Yates
About this episode

Welcome back to the podcast and our next Roadside to Resus episode, this time we're taking a look at Diabetic Ketoacidosis, DKA.

In this episode we'll be getting our heads around the pathophysiology that underpins DKA, consider the clinical picture and severity of patients that present and look at both the in-hospital and pre-hospital management of these patients including topics such at fluid choice, insulin boluses and nasal ETCO2 for diagnosis of DKA.

Let us know any thought and comments you have.

Enjoy!

SimonRob & James

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