Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) 

@@sunxnes I’m sorry your parents didn’t love you, you can’t say that shit to someone’s who’s lost a parent though

@@dans6938 I'm so sorry that insensitive comment you were referring to slipped through (it's now deleted). Thanks for pointing it out.

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I’m a hospitalist too .. sometimes people have mild dka which would have gap closed by the next bmp check on insulin drip.. only to be transferred to icu only for a few hours before having to be transferred down.. these mild cases usually get better with aggressive SQ insulin .. as for fluids just IVFs.. Also I imagine the degree of volume depletion in less in these milder cases

The general consideration is that acidemia secondary to uncomplicated DKA will resolve with fluids and insulin in

@@StrongMed it makes sense. Thank you so much for answering!

Thanks for the comment. I know that my videos and slides are used in classes in many places. I'm happy when the videos are incorporated into a course, provided that the professor links to the original video on RU-vid rather than ripping the video and reuploading it to a different site or to their school's private server. However, taking screen shots of the slides and incorporating them into their own lectures without attribution is not ok. Even after 10 years of seeing this done, I am still amazed at how many profs see this as an acceptable practice - even some of my own colleagues have used my work without attribution! However, having said that, unless someone is doing something truly over-the-top (e.g. selling my videos on DVD from their personal Facebook page - yes this happens!), no need to name specific individuals or schools. Thanks for the topic suggestions. As you acknowledged, I have a long list of requests, which grows longer all the time as topics get added faster than I can cover them. But I'm constantly reshuffling the priority of different ideas, usually based on a combination of what I am finding interesting at that moment, and local curricular needs at my own school. I'll keep the request for neuro topics in mind - in fact, I'm literally working on a video that spans neurology and toxicology today (influenced by a patient I saw last week).

@@StrongMed Very gracious of you to reply so much in detail. Regarding the plagiarism, its just been screenshots of slides though unattributed, and your frustration is entirely justified. Teachers here do not usually provide links or references to read up further on a topic during classroom lectures and prefer to suggest only textbooks, and I wish they'd consider internet sources too especially your channel. Things will likely improve with time, and I hope more students here discover what an excellent resource your channel is.

Yes, that's correct. This fluid may go by different names in other countries, but in the US it is most commonly referred to as "one half NS" or "half normal". (which of course is a misnomer since "normal saline" is not at all normal!)

The word "ketones" in a medical context refers to a group of 3 compounds (e.g. beta hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate, and acetone) that the body makes in response to some combination of physiologic stress (e.g. elevated cortisol, elevated epinephrine), lack of insulin, and/or need for energy. Discussed @9:00.