🍩💉DKA 101 #nursing #nursingdiagnosis #medsurgnursing

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💉DKA is an acute metabolic emergency associated with Type I diabetes mellitus.
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💉The etiology of DKA is usually an illness, like the flu or a stomach virus ➡️ illness stresses the body causing release of stress hormones ➡️ stress hormones elevate blood glucose ➡️ in type I diabetics, they cannot effectively use the excess glucose so their bodies switch to lipolysis for energy ➡️ breakdown of fat leads to free fatty acids ➡️ free fatty acids are eventually converted to ketoacids ➡️ DKA!
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💉Two takeaways: Hyperglycemia & metabolic acidosis.
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💉Patients will exhibit Kussmaul respirations, ketonuria, & nausea & vomiting.
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💉Treatment of DKA involves administration of regular IV insulin, which forces potassium into the cell.
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🍌HYPOKALEMIA is the most important killer of patients with DKA!!!

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