DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS - NurseCe4Less

The infections that are that most commonly cause DKA are pneumonias and urinary tract infections.9 Other causes of DKA such as CVA, myocardial infarction, and drugs such as atypical antipsychotics, diuretics, and steroids cause DKA by increasing the production of stress hormones, elevating the serum glucose, or blunting the normal physiological warning signs of hyperglycemia and acidosis. ................
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