EM Basic- DKA
Potassium management- total body stores of potassium are depleted in DKA- insulin is needed to drive potassium into the cells, without insulin lots of potassium is lost in the urine PEARL- even if the potassium is normal, in DKA these patients are total body potassium depleted
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