Ketoacidosis at presentation of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children: a retrospective 20-year experience from a tertiary

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Ketoacidosis at presentation of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children: a retrospective 20-year experience from a tertiary care hospital in Serbia Maja D. Ješić & Miloš M. Ješić & Dejana Stanisavljević & Vera Zdravković & Vladislav Bojić & Mira Vranješ & Danijela Trifunović & Svetislav Necić & Silvija Sajić

Received: 25 April 2013 / Accepted: 20 June 2013 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

Abstract Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has significant morbidity and mortality and is common at diagnosis in children. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and clinical characteristics of DKA over a 20-year period among children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) at University children's hospital in Belgrade, Serbia. The study population comprised of 720 patients (366 boys) diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged