title: Diabetic ketoacidosis presenting with a normal anion gap.
abstract: Historically, diabetic ketoacidosis has been attributed exclusively to the accumulation of ketoacids resulting in wide anion gap metabolic acidosis. An unusual patient with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus who presented with mild hyperglycemia, ketonemia, and acidosis with a normal anion gap is described. No other known causes of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis were present, and resolution of acidosis followed administration of intravenous insulin. This case illustrates that the finding of a normal anion gap, per se, may not exclude the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis.
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Division, Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Gamblin
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ashburn
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Beuttel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin