Episode
[IMJ On-Air] DKA and insulin infusion protocols
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- Pomegranate Health
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- Sep 4, 2025
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- 2689
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Summary
Diabetic ketoacidosis can be life-threatening but there’s some variability in the way it’s managed between health settings. Intervention involves intravenous insulin administration, hydration, electrolyte replacement and treatment of the underlying precipitant. In a survey of practitioners from 31 different hospitals in Australia there was an even split between those organisations which followed a fixed rate insulin infusion protocol, usually based on bodyweight, or a variable rate infusion p...