Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Guidelines for management of diabetic ketoacidosis: time to revise?

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 5; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s2213-8587(17)30093-1

2213-8595

Ketan Dhatariya, Guillermo E. Umpierrez,

Diabetes Management and Research

Guidelines and position statements from medical organisations are widely used by clinicians to guide the care of their patients. The 2009 American Diabetes Association (ADA) position statement on hyperglycaemic emergencies in adult patients with diabetes details the management of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycaemia state. 1 Kitabchi AE Umpierrez GE Miles JM Fisher JN Hyperglycemic crises in adult patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2009; 32: 1335-1343 Crossref PubMed Scopus (1091) Google Scholar The guideline is used internationally and has been cited more than 600 times. Part of the reason for this high level of use might be because of the lack of national guidelines in other countries. However, a great deal of new evidence has emerged since its publication—as such, a revision of the position statement is now necessary.