Severe hyperlipidaemia complicating diabetic ketoacidosis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Severe hyperlipidaemia complicating diabetic ketoacidosis

AU - Williamson, S.

AU - Alexander, Vicky

AU - Greene, Stephen Alan

N1 - Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2012/8/1

Y1 - 2012/8/1

N2 - An 8-year-old girl presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) following 6 months of malaise, 1 month of perineal candidiasis and 1 week of polyuria and polydipsia. She had Kussmaul respirations, but was fully conscious. Blood glucose was 34.9 mmol/l, pH 7.0 and bicarbonate 6.8 mmol/l. Her venous blood appeared grossly lipaemic (figure 1). Triglyceride levels on admission were 122.63 mmol/l (ref <2.3 mmol/l). HbA1c on admission was 19.5%.

AB - An 8-year-old girl presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) following 6 months of malaise, 1 month of perineal candidiasis and 1 week of polyuria and polydipsia. She had Kussmaul respirations, but was fully conscious. Blood glucose was 34.9 mmol/l, pH 7.0 and bicarbonate 6.8 mmol/l. Her venous blood appeared grossly lipaemic (figure 1). Triglyceride levels on admission were 122.63 mmol/l (ref <2.3 mmol/l). HbA1c on admission was 19.5%.

KW - Hyperlipidaemia

KW - Diabetic ketoacidosis

U2 - 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301810

DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301810

M3 - Article

C2 - 22447995

SN - 0003-9888

VL - 97

SP - 735

JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood

JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood

IS - 8

ER -