Case Reports Forensic Pathology 2022 Exercise 3: Diabetes and Complications Thereof, Including Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Forensic Pathology Perspective

Authors

Sierra Abdullaj, DO

Erin Hall, MD

Department of Pathology

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Theodore T. Brown, MD

Arkansas State Crime Laboratory

Department of Public Safety

Department of Pathology

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas    

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists
Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants,  Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

·         explain the basic pathophysiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes;

·         discuss diabetic ketoacidosis, the significant and oftentimes deadly complication of diabetes;

·         emphasize important death scene investigation findings to document in possible diabetes-related deaths; and

·         identify the autopsy and ancillary test findings that support a death due to diabetes and complications thereof, especially diabetic ketoacidosis.