Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Roadside to Resus
The Resus Room
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How to Choose the Right Fluid for DKA Patients
The key thing is a slow steady rehydration and not flooding them to minimise the risk of those cerebral edemas. So I guess the first question with regard to fluids is well what should we use? It's a big question. Well fortunately Cochrane had done a bit of work for us so we don't really need to think too hard about this back in 2013 extremely kindly them to prepare for our podcast eight years in advance. The initial choice of fluid is going to be normal saline as it's cheap, familiar and readily available.
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