Sepsis in Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults with Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Case Report.

Journal: Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences
Published Date: Oct 14, 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This case report intends to highlight the challenge in diagnosing type 1 diabetes on an adult patient. Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adult (LADA) types I diabetes Mellitus, which found in adulthood and characterised by progressive damage to pancreatic β cells that happened slowly. Incidence of LADA is around 2-12% of the total diabetes population. Sepsis in LADA patients will trigger diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

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  • Afdol Rahmadi
    Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia.
  • Eva Decroli
    Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia.
  • Alexander Kam
    Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia.

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