Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs when a person with diabetes type 1 or 2 has dangerously high levels of ketones in the body. It can be a medical emergency. Share on Pinterest Caíque de Abreu/Getty Images ...

THERE is considerable clinical 1–7 and biochemical 8,9 evidence suggesting but not firmly establishing a relation of uric acid with carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Uric acid resembles alloxan in ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complication of diabetes that occurs when the body breaks down fats too quickly. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) occurs in people with diabetes when the body ...

In a recent study, published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, researchers evaluated trends in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) prevalence at pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) diagnosis ...

The clinical picture of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) differs in several ways among patients with cancer compared to those without cancer, new research indicates. Traditionally, DKA has been associated ...

Ketosis is when ketones are produced in the body from the breakdown of fat for energy. Only if too many ketones accumulate in the body may ketosis progress to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a life ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common severe complication of diabetes, which develops when the body can't produce enough insulin.

Ketosis and ketoacidosis may sound similar, but ketosis is a fat-burning metabolic state, while diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complication of diabetes. Ketones in the body trigger both ...