Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children with severe hypertriglyceridaemia (S-HTG) is infrequent. This case report presents a seven-year-old girl without a family history of dyslipidaemia with moderate DKA, lipaemic plasma, retinal lipaemia, and P-triglyceride 185 mmol/l. The course was uneventful on standard treatment and lipids normalized. She had abdominal pain but no biochemical or ultrasound evidence of pancreatitis. S-HTG affected laboratory analysis; CO2 could not be analyzed, and there was haemolysis and uncertain electrolyte results with P-Na+ 125 mmol/l, i.e. pseudo hyponatraemia, despite ultracentrifugation.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Diabetic ketoacidosis and severe hypertriglyceridaemia in a child |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Artikelnummer | V12220761 |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Læger |
Vol/bind | 185 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 25 sep. 2023 |
Bibliografisk note
Published under Open Access CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.Emneord
- Female
- Humans
- Child
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis/diagnosis
- Hyperlipidemias/complications
- Hypertriglyceridemia/complications
- Pancreatitis/diagnostic imaging
- Triglycerides
- Diabetes Mellitus