Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Roadside to Resus

The Resus Room

Simon Laing

Science, Emergencymedicine, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Em, Ae

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

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!

Simon, Rob & James

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the recess room podcast.
0:03.5	Five, four, three, two, one, fire.
0:12.2	So hi, and welcome back to the recess room podcast.
0:15.6	I'm Simon Lang.
0:16.9	I'm Rob Fenwick.
0:17.9	And I'm James Hates.
0:19.1	And we're back with another roadside to recess,
0:21.2	and this time we're looking at this small little topic
0:23.9	of diabetic ketoacidosis or DCA.
0:28.0	Oh yes, what a topic, and it is a beauty.
0:30.9	And we have got loads to talk about
0:33.0	because the diagnosis can be tricky
0:35.2	and the management needs some serious finesse,
0:38.0	but thankfully finesse is something which James and I are certainly known for.
0:42.2	So for the sake of this podcast, we will try and bring you along with us, Simon.
0:46.8	That's really good of you, Rob.
0:48.3	It's a shame I haven't done any prep for this whatsoever.
0:50.8	No problem, no problem.
0:52.9	Well, before we get into an expert bit of listening from those two,
0:56.3	a big thanks once again to S.J. Trem, the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency
1:02.0	Medicine who partner with us on this podcast and make this resource free and open access for everyone.
1:07.5	So go over and have a look at the great articles that they've got on their
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