A 10-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes presents with headache, bradycardia, and new vomiting during treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis in the paediat...

Question

A 10-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes presents with headache, bradycardia, and new vomiting during treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis in the paediatric intensive care unit. His Glasgow Coma Scale falls from 15 to 10. What complication should be suspected and urgently managed?

Accepted Answer

Cerebral oedema related to DKA therapy

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Hypoglycaemia from excessive insulin

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Septic shock

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Pulmonary embolism

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Acute kidney injury

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Cerebral oedema in paediatric DKA

A 10-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes presents with headache, bradycardia, and new vomiting during treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis in the paediatric intensive care unit. His Glasgow Coma Scale falls from 15 to 10. What complication should be suspected and urgently managed?