A 9-year-old girl presents with new-onset polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss and random plasma glucose 18 mmol/L. Capillary ketones are elevated and ve...

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A 9-year-old girl presents with new-onset polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss and random plasma glucose 18 mmol/L. Capillary ketones are elevated and venous pH is 7.32. She is haemodynamically stable. According to CPS DKA guidance, how should this presentation be classified?

Accepted Answer

Hyperglycaemia without DKA

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Diabetic ketoacidosis

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Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state

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Isolated ketosis without acidosis

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Lactic acidosis

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Classification of hyperglycaemic emergencies in children

A 9-year-old girl presents with new-onset polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss and random plasma glucose 18 mmol/L. Capillary ketones are elevated and venous pH is 7.32. She is haemodynamically stable. According to CPS DKA guidance, how should this presentation be classified?