Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infection

Abstract We report a case of new‐onset type 1 diabetes in a girl presenting with severe diabetic ketoacidosis, complicated by profound hypokalemia and hypernatremia. We describe the clinical course, management challenges, and the potential role of the concomitant COVID‐19 infection in the complexity...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Kamal Badawy, Vidya Viswanath, Babita Khetriwal, Swati Pradhan, Rachel M. Williams, Nazima Pathan, Maria Loredana Marcovecchio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-02-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5406
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author Mohammed Kamal Badawy
Vidya Viswanath
Babita Khetriwal
Swati Pradhan
Rachel M. Williams
Nazima Pathan
Maria Loredana Marcovecchio
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description Abstract We report a case of new‐onset type 1 diabetes in a girl presenting with severe diabetic ketoacidosis, complicated by profound hypokalemia and hypernatremia. We describe the clinical course, management challenges, and the potential role of the concomitant COVID‐19 infection in the complexity of this case.
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spelling doaj.art-6e6ab1ef9917452593ec111769b1e6b02022-12-21T19:29:28ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042022-02-01102n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.5406Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infectionMohammed Kamal Badawy0Vidya Viswanath1Babita Khetriwal2Swati Pradhan3Rachel M. Williams4Nazima Pathan5Maria Loredana Marcovecchio6Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge UKPaediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Department Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge UKPaediatric Department–Bedford Hospital Bedford UKPaediatric Department–Bedford Hospital Bedford UKPaediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Department Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge UKPaediatric Intensive Care Unit Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge UKPaediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Department Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge UKAbstract We report a case of new‐onset type 1 diabetes in a girl presenting with severe diabetic ketoacidosis, complicated by profound hypokalemia and hypernatremia. We describe the clinical course, management challenges, and the potential role of the concomitant COVID‐19 infection in the complexity of this case.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5406COVID‐19diabetic ketoacidosishypernatremiahypokalemia
spellingShingle Mohammed Kamal Badawy
Vidya Viswanath
Babita Khetriwal
Swati Pradhan
Rachel M. Williams
Nazima Pathan
Maria Loredana Marcovecchio
Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infection
Clinical Case Reports
COVID‐19
diabetic ketoacidosis
hypernatremia
hypokalemia
title Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infection
title_full Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infection
title_fullStr Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infection
title_full_unstemmed Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infection
title_short Diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with COVID‐19 infection
title_sort diabetic ketoacidosis with severe hypokalemia and persistent hypernatremia in an adolescent girl with covid 19 infection
topic COVID‐19
diabetic ketoacidosis
hypernatremia
hypokalemia
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5406
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