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Categorisation of patient

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The patient's plasma or urine should be checked for ketones and if greater than 2+ the arterial pH should also be measured.

Based on these findings and the clinical findings of the patient then they can be classified either as:

dehydration

glucose mmol/l

ketones

pHa

drowsiness

DM*

-/+

>11

- to ++

7.4

-

DKA

++

> 15

+++

<7.2

++

HONK

++++

>30

+

>7.2

+++

DM* newly diagnosed or poorly controlled diabetic

adapted from: D Sprigings Acute Medicine Blackwell 1992


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