Alcoholic ketoacidosis with multiple complications: a case report

Alcoholic ketoacidosis with multiple complications: a case report

Alcoholic ketoacidosis is a poorly diagnosed medical emergency usually identified in chronic alcohol misusers following an abrupt cessation or reduction of alcohol consumption. A high index of suspicion should be maintained by acute physicians as response to treatment is rapid with complete resoluti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2007-11, Vol.24 (11), p.776-777
Hauptverfasser: Ngatchu, Theodore, Sangwaiya, Arvind, Dabiri, Angela, Dhar, Ameet, McNeil, Ian, Arnold, J D
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Sprache:eng
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Abdomen
Acidosis - diagnosis
Acidosis - etiology
Acute Kidney Injury - diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - etiology
Alcohol
Alcoholism - complications
Dehydrogenases
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography
Female
Growth hormones
Humans
Hypoglycemia - diagnosis
Hypoglycemia - etiology
Hypothermia - diagnosis
Hypothermia - etiology
Ketosis - diagnosis
Ketosis - etiology
Metabolism
Middle Aged
Mortality
Pancreatitis - diagnosis
Pancreatitis - etiology
Short Report
Vomiting
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Zusammenfassung:Alcoholic ketoacidosis is a poorly diagnosed medical emergency usually identified in chronic alcohol misusers following an abrupt cessation or reduction of alcohol consumption. A high index of suspicion should be maintained by acute physicians as response to treatment is rapid with complete resolution of metabolic derangements. Complications are usually the result of not instituting the correct treatment or not addressing associated conditions. We describe a case of alcoholic ketoacidosis with multiple complications at presentation.
ISSN:1472-0205
1472-0213
DOI:10.1136/emj.2006.041822