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Table 1 Laboratory data before, during and after treatment of DKA

From: Symptomatic cerebral oedema during treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis: effect of adjuvant octreotide infusion

Blood chemistry

Time (h) after admission

 

0

10

24

44

Glucose (mg/dl)

1392

549

214

114

PH

7.07

7.39

7.33

7.35

HCO3 (mmol/l)

9.2

22.5

20.3

21.7

Base excess (mmol/l)

-19.7

-2.8

-4.9

-3.1

Na+ (mmol/l)

143

162

154

158

K+ (mmol/l)

5.8

4.9

5.6

3.5

Osmolality (mosmol/kg)

444

380

n.a*

342

Creatinine (mg/dl)

3.75

1.86

1.66

1.24

Haematocrit (%)

54

45

44

40

Lactate (mmol/l)

3.2

1.5

1.3

1.1

GH (ng/ml)

7.5

n.a*

2.0

< 0.16

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

< 10

n.a*

23

< 10

*not analysed

    
  1. Reference values for a 10 year old male child
  2. Fasting blood glucose: 60-110 mg/dl;
  3. arterial pH 7.4;
  4. arterial HCO3 31 mmol/l;
  5. arterial base excess +5 mmol/l;
  6. arterial serum lactate 1.0-1.6 mmol/l;
  7. venous serum natrium 130-145 mmol/l;
  8. venous serum potassium 3.2-5.4 mmol/l;
  9. venous serum osmolality 280-296 mosmol/kg;
  10. venous serum creatinine < 0.9 mg/dl;
  11. venous blood haematocrit 34-46%;
  12. venous serum random GH < 4 ng/ml;
  13. venous serum IGF-1: 159-300 ng/ml.
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