
S2 Ep22: DKA: Mind the Gap! Master the diagnosis and management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis!
The Cribsiders
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How Important Is It to Go After a B B G?
The p h has been falsely reassuring in a patient with d k a, when they have a concurrent metabolic altlosis from dhydration or contract loses. A acidosis iss te trigger to the breathing centre to make us breathe faster. And i think in that blood gas that you mention, shannon, the c o two level was 14, which is a pretty low level. That kind of tells me two things. Is that she has very good lungs, and she's breathing really hard to wash that c oto and try her own best way to correct that acidoIs the breathing centre in our brain. We cannot talk briefly about how katy was breathing really deeply and rapidly
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