Seizo Okauchi, Fuminori Tatsumi, Kaio Takahashi, Yukino Katakura, Masashi Shimoda, Kenji Kohara, Tomohiko Kimura, Atsushi Obata, Shuhei Nakanishi, Tomoatsu Mune, Kohei Kaku, Hideaki Kaneto
BACKGROUNDS: Hypoglycemic alcoholic ketoacidosis is known to be one of the emergent diseases but its frequency is very low compared to hyperglycemic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome observed in subjects with diabetes mellitus. CASE PRESENTATION: We experienced a case who had alcoholic ketoacidosis and severe hypoglycemia after drinking too much alcohol without taking enough food for a long period of time. In this subject, plasma glucose level was as low as 25 mg/dL, and ketone bodies, especially 3-hydroxybutyrate, were markedly increased...
December 16, 2022: Medicine (Baltimore)