{"id":6203,"date":"2012-02-19T15:36:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T20:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2013-05-26T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T21:11:11","slug":"cerebral-edema-diabetic-ketoacidosis-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2012\/02\/cerebral-edema-diabetic-ketoacidosis-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerebral Edema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cerebral edema in diabetic ketoacidosis (CEDKA) is a life-threatening condition that manifests itself largely in the pediatric population, with 95% of cases occurring in patients younger than 20 years of age and 67% of cases presenting in the first episode of diabetic ketoacidosis.<\/p>\n
It has a mortality rate of 20% to 30%, with survivors having long-term neurologic sequelae rate of 20% to 35%. Despite improvements in the last twenty years in the overall care of diabetic ketoacidosis and the adoption of standardized treatment protocols, outcomes for CEDKA have not seen a significant improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cerebral edema in diabetic ketoacidosis (CEDKA) is a life-threatening condition that manifests itself largely in the pediatric population, with 95% of cases occurring in patients younger than 20 years of age and 67% of cases presenting in the first episode of diabetic ketoacidosis. It has a mortality rate of 20% to 30%, with survivors having […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5103,13],"tags":[4745,4746],"yoast_head":"\n