A Case of Acetone Intoxication Misdiagnosed as Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
10.4093/jkd.2011.12.4.245
- Author:
Na Young KIM
1
;
Ik Hyun JO
;
Su Sun CHANG
;
Eun Hee JANG
;
Mee Kyoung KIM
;
Ki Hyun BAEK
;
Ki Ho SONG
;
Kwang Woo LEE
;
Hyuk Sang KWON
Author Information
1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. drkwon@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Diabetic ketoacidosis;
Acetone intoxication;
Acidosis
- MeSH:
Acetone;
Acidosis;
Alcoholics;
Diabetic Ketoacidosis;
Eating;
Ethylene Glycol;
Ethylenes;
Humans;
Hyperglycemia;
Ketosis;
Methanol;
Starvation
- From:Journal of Korean Diabetes
2011;12(4):245-247
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is one of the most serious acute metabolic complications of diabetes. The triad of uncontrolled hyperglycemia, metabolic acidosis, and increased total body ketone concentration characterizes DKA. Not all patients with ketoacidosis have DKA, and other situations can result in metabolic acidosis and ketonemia, like starvation ketosis, alcoholic ketoacidosis or ingestion of drugs such as salicylate, methanol, ethylene glycol. We report a case of acetone intoxication that was misdiagnosed as diabetic ketoacidosis.
