Open AccessEffectiveness of Insulin Glargine on Recovery of Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Jalil Houshyar,
Amir Bahrami,
Akbar Aliasgarzadeh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12005.5883
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic ketoacidosis , hypokalemia , insulin glargine , insulin , discontinuation , hypoglycemia , diabetes mellitus , randomized controlled trial , ketoacidosis , anesthesia , type 1 diabetes , endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a major hyperglycemic emergency in diabetes mellitus (DM). The basic treatment is injection of Regular insulin (RI). This study was aimed to investigate the effects of insulin Glargine (GI) on recovery of patients with DKA.