Case Study on Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Running head: CASE STUDY ON DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
Case Study on Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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CASE STUDY ON DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
The assignment discusses the case study of Peter Brown, whon is a 62 years old
female, suffering from severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA). The condition is a potentially
life-threatening in which complication in diabetes type 1 which occurs due to the insulin
deficiency in the body. Patient has reported about frequent urination. In addition to this, she
has also reported that she had severe abdominal pain and the issue of vomiting. From the
assessment, it is observed that she is obese and suffering from hypertension for the last three
years. She was previously employed in a food and beverage industry as a quality controller.
She is living alone in her house as her husband passed away a few years ago. She
complained to the care provider that, she has recently started to feel depressed and isolated
herself from society due to her obese condition.
From the assessment, it was observed that the patient has blood glucose levels of 19
mMol/ L and the blood ketone level of the patient diagnosed was almost 4.2 mmol/L which is
a severe sign of DKA (Gosmanov, Gosmanova, & Dillard-Cannon, 2014). In addition, her
first respiratory rate was also reported.
After admitting to the hospital, the patient was given intravenous fluid in order to
rehydrate the body of the patient, as due to frequent urination and vomiting a huge amount of
fluid has lost from the body of the patient (Misra & Oliver, 2015). According to Umpierrez
and Korytkowski (2016), restoration of essential nutrients and fluids are very crucial in the
treatment of DKA patients. In this case, as the patient has severe fluid and nutrient losses
from the body, the above-mentioned care process is required to be provided to the patient.
As a part of the nursing consideration, it can be said that the nurse should primarily
focus on the diabetes management and then the nurse should concentrate on the management
of psychological condition of the patient (Peters et al., 2016). As primary care of
management, the nurse should discuss with the doctor and administer the patient with insulin