Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy

Abstract EN

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can be a catastrophic event during pregnancy, complicating almost nine percent of diabetics in pregnancy.

It induces both maternal and fetal mortality.

Ketosis has been implicated in fetal distress and causes adverse neurological outcome.

DKA with a relatively low blood sugar levels is called euglycemic DKA, which is a rare entity and reported usually in type I diabetic patients.

A 37-year-old Saudi female patient known to have type II diabetes developed euglycemic [blood glucose level 4.3 mmol / L (78 mg / dl)] DKA while in her fifth pregnancy.

She responded to intravenous dextrose and insulin with gradual improvement.

Euglycemic DKA should be considered in type II diabetics during pregnancy and treated promptly.