Re: DKA question



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"Ma¢k" <stopthespam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:48:53 GMT, "RK" <abc@xxxxxx> Huffed and Puffed
| the following into the madness of usenet:
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| >stupid question here, i've never heard of this before
| >wanted to clear it up please...
| >
| >word has it... that IF you inject too much insulin while
| >in DKA that it will make your brain swell? because the
| >insulin gets to the muscles first and the brain is the biggest
| >muscle..
| >
| >um... stupid me thought brain swell while in DKA is
| >from dehydration..
| >
| >just so you know, the one poster who claimed they'd
| >read on the ADA site that the doc said the mother was
| >on meth.. also said that same endo told her that above
| >info... makes me think, if I'm right -- the endo is full of
| >***.. or the poster was trying to get attention being a
| >know-it-all and really not knowing ***.
|
| Subclinical brain swelling in children during treatment of diabetic
| ketoacidosis
| http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/312/18/1147
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|

Okay, but that says.. .

"children with diabetic ketoacidosis treated with fluid resuscitation and
continuous low-dose insulin therapy"

so that tells me, they didn't give the children HUGE amounts of insulin to
cause
the brain to swell, causing edema... correct?

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