Case Reports Clinical Chemistry 2018 Exercise 6:Assessment of Electrolytes and Kidney Function in Diabetic Ketoacidosis (CSCC1806)

K. Aaron Geno, PhD
Clinical Chemistry Fellow

Rob Nerenz, PhD
Assistant Professor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire

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:

• describe the diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus;
• recognize clinical symptoms and laboratory values associated with diabetic ketoacidosis;
• interpret electrolyte changes in the context of diabetic ketoacidosis treatment; and
• identify situations in which creatinine measurements may be unreliable.