Atypical Euglycemic Ketoacidosis in a non-diabetic Patient due to acute pancreatitis
1 Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Sunrise Health Consortium GME, Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
2 Touro University medical College, Henderson, Nevada, USA.
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 11(03), 332–336
Publication history:
Received on 18 August 2021; revised on 23 September 2021; accepted on 25 September 2021
Abstract:
We describe the case of a previously healthy 40- year-old Female with a known medical history of essential hypertension (HTN). She did not have past medical history of Diabetes Mellitus. She presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of severe shortness of breath that began shortly after non-bilious, non-bloating emesis. She also reported low-grade fever, nausea, cough, abdominal pain, pleuritic chest pain, and generalized weakness. She was found to have acute pancreatitis.
She was diaphoretic. She had Kussmaul breathing. She was subsequently admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for severe metabolic acidosis. The cause of her metabolic acidosis and clinical presentation was found to be the acute pancreatitis which very rarely can be the cause of euglycemic ketoacidosis.
Keywords:
Ketoacidosis 1; Insulin 2; Glucagon 3; Acute pancreatitis 4; Diabetes Mellitus 5; Lipase 6
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