Zafar Niaz, Anjum Rallaq, Chaudhary U J, Mehran Awais, Yaseen M A, Imran Naseer, Usman Ghani, Jawad Zaheer, Sajid Abaidullah, Mumtaz Hasan.
Mortality review of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Mayo Hospital, Lahore - Pakistan
Biomedica Jul - Dec 2005;21(2):83-5.
Mayo Hospital, Lahore

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a known complication of diabetes mellitus. The annual incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) among subjects with type 1 diabetes is between 1% and 5% in European and American series respectively. This incidence appears to have remained relatively constant over the last decade in western countries whereas 20-30% of cases occur in newly diagnosed patients. Mortality rate is reported less than 5% in experienced centres whereas internationally overall mortality is 1-10 percent. The objective of this study was to find out mortality rate in patients of diabetic ketoacidosis admitted to east medical ward of Mayo Hospital, Lahore. A descriptive retrospective study was conducted on patients admitted to East medical ward with the diagnosis of DKA. There were 44 patients included in this study. Regarding outcome of patients 84.1% of patients were discharged. The mortality was found to be 15.9% that is much higher as compared to other studies where it was around 5%.

Category: Internal Medicine
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetic Complications. Diabetic Ketoacidosis.

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