What is it about?
Literature regarding adjustment of potassium level with respect to acidosis, and to establish extent of cardiovascular outcomes against reported potassium level and pH-adjusted corrected potassium.
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Why is it important?
Hypokalaemia is a frequently observed complication in DKA, role of potassium during an episode of DKA is very crucial. Patients of DKA although are observed with normal or increased potassium level, they such normo- or hyperkalemia may be deceiving in obtaining correct potassium level and hence, potassium concentration shall be adjusted in accordance to acidosis in order to avoid adverse CV outcomes. At present, the evidence surrounding cardiovascular outcomes during DKA episode in light of pH-adjusted corrected potassium level is very low.
Perspectives
I hope this article will make people realize the importance of monitoring potassium level during the management of DKA and its relation to acidosis environment.
PROFESSOR DR NORLAILA MUSTAFA
national university of malaysia
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This page is a summary of: Correlation of acidosis-adjusted potassium level and cardiovascular outcomes in diabetic ketoacidosis: a systematic review, Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, August 2019, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s208492.
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