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Lactation ketoacidosis: an easily missed diagnosis
Author(s) -
Azzam Omar,
Prentice David
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.14207
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic ketoacidosis , ketoacidosis , lactation , complication , postpartum period , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , diabetes mellitus , surgery , type 1 diabetes , endocrinology , biology , genetics
Ketoacidosis is uncommon in non‐diabetic women, but occurs in the postpartum period as a rare complication of continuing to breastfeed during periods of acute illness. We report a case of a lactating woman who presented with severe symptomatic ketoacidosis in the early postpartum period. We also review the pathophysiology and management of lactation ketoacidosis.