Acute obstructive hydrocephalus as a complication of diabetic ketoacidosis in a child with prior communicating hydrocephalus | Zendy

Kamalatheepan Sellappillai | Zendy; Jithangi Wanigasinghe | Zendy; Manouri P Senanayake | Zendy

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Acute obstructive hydrocephalus as a complication of diabetic ketoacidosis in a child with prior communicating hydrocephalus

Author(s) -

Kamalatheepan Sellappillai,

Jithangi Wanigasinghe,

Manouri P Senanayake

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2386-110X

pISSN - 1391-5452

DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v46i3.8336

Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , transparency (behavior) , publishing , scopus , child health , diabetic ketoacidosis , pediatrics , library science , family medicine , medline , south asia , political science , law , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , ethnology , computer science , history

Cerebral oedema is the most common reason for neurological deterioration in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), but if neurological deterioration persists despite improvement of the DKA, other possibilities need consideration. We present a 10 year old girl, who presented with DKA with persistent reduced consciousness due to acute onset obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to aqueduct stenosis complicating DKA.

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