Fatal cerebral oedema associated with hyponatraemia in adult diabetic ketoacidosis

✍ Scribed by Chan, NN ;Manchanda, S ;Feher, MD ;Morgan, DJR

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 388 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1357-8170
• DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1960150711

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Cerebral oedema is a well recognized but uncommon complication of diabetic ketoacidosis, occurring predominantly in children. We report a fatal case of cerebral oedema associated with progressive hyponatraemia in a middle‐aged woman during treatment of newly presenting diabetic ketoacidosis. Possible aetiological factors in the pathogenesis of cerebral oedema during treatment of DKA are discussed.