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DKA develops when your body doesn't have enough to allow blood sugar into your cells for use as energy. Instead, your liver breaks down fat for fuel, a process that produces acids called ketones. When too many ketones are produced too fast, they can build up to dangerous levels in your body.

Management of Inpatient Hyperglycemia in the ICU When someone is identified as having hyperglycemia (blood glucose ≥180 mg/dl [≥10.0 mmol/l]), a variable rate intravenous infusion should be started to maintain blood glucose levels <180 mg/dl (<10.0 mmol/l).

DKA develops when your body doesn't have enough to allow blood sugar into your cells for use as energy. Instead, your liver breaks down fat for fuel, a process that produces acids called ketones. When too many ketones are produced too fast, they can build up to dangerous levels in your body.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious complication of diabetes that can be life-threatening. DKA is most common among people with type 1 diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes can also develop DKA. DKA develops when your body doesn't have enough to allow blood sugar into your cells for use as energy.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious complication of diabetes that can be life-threatening. DKA is most common among people with type 1 diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes can also develop DKA. DKA develops when your body doesn't have enough to allow blood sugar into your cells for use as energy.

If you're diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis, you might be treated in the emergency room or admitted to the hospital. Treatment usually involves: Fluids. Fluids replace those lost through too much urinating. They also thin out the blood sugar.

If you're diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis, you might be treated in the emergency room or admitted to the hospital. Treatment usually involves: Fluids. Fluids replace those lost through too much urinating. They also thin out the blood sugar.

Hyperglycemia often complicates the clinical course of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Intravenous infusions can control hyperglycemia more efficiently than intermittent subcutaneous therapy and may be the preferred approach in certain settings, such as postcardiac surgery.

Hyperglycemia often complicates the clinical course of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Intravenous infusions can control hyperglycemia more efficiently than intermittent subcutaneous therapy and may be the preferred approach in certain settings, such as postcardiac surgery.

Continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSII) refers to an pump that delivers through plastic tubing to an infusion set (in most pumps). From: Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2010.

Continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSII) refers to an pump that delivers through plastic tubing to an infusion set (in most pumps). From: Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2010.

DKA is fully treated when your blood sugar is less than 200 mg/dL and your blood pH is higher than 7.3. DKA is usually corrected within 24 hours. Depending on the severity of the DKA, it could take multiple days before the DKA is fully treated and you can leave the hospital.

DKA is fully treated when your blood sugar is less than 200 mg/dL and your blood pH is higher than 7.3. DKA is usually corrected within 24 hours. Depending on the severity of the DKA, it could take multiple days before the DKA is fully treated and you can leave the hospital.

Commonly accepted criteria for diabetic ketoacidosis are blood glucose greater than 250 mg/dl, arterial pH less than 7.3, serum bicarbonate less than 15 mEq/l, and the presence of ketonemia or ketonuria. The normal anion gap is 12 mEq/l.

Commonly accepted criteria for diabetic ketoacidosis are blood glucose greater than 250 mg/dl, arterial pH less than 7.3, serum bicarbonate less than 15 mEq/l, and the presence of ketonemia or ketonuria. The normal anion gap is 12 mEq/l.

BG level greater than140 mg/dL should trigger initiation of therapy, titrated to maintain glucose values absolutely between 140 mg/dL and 180 mg/dL while avoiding hypoglycemia.

BG level greater than140 mg/dL should trigger initiation of therapy, titrated to maintain glucose values absolutely between 140 mg/dL and 180 mg/dL while avoiding hypoglycemia.