Pathology of Ketoacidosis in Emergency of Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: A Retrospective Study

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Metabolic markers in patients with DKA and AKA: (a) plasma glucose; (b) HbA1c; (c) blood osmotic pressure; (d) total cholesterol; (e) triglyceride. There was a very close association between AKA and various factors related to metabolic markers. DKA patients had statistically higher values of plasma glucose levels, HbA1c, serum osmolality, total cholesterol, and triglyceride than AKA patients, while total protein, albumin, and beta-hydroxybutyric acid/acetoacetic acid ratio in serum did not differ between the two patient groups. Abbreviations: DKA: diabetic ketoacidosis; AKA: alcoholic ketoacidosis; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c.

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