Key words: diabetic ketoacidosis, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipidemia, vegan diet, carbohydrate diet. This case demonstrates that clinicians should be mindful of the different presentations of diabetic ketoacidosis. Further history revealed a recent change in diet with no meat, fish or poultry consumption in the last 12 months and concomitantly an increase in carbohydrate intake which might have contributed to her extremely high serum lipid levels. Her triglycerides and cholesterol was normalized in three days and she was discharged home on insulin therapy after five days. She was treated successfully with fluids and insulin and had no sequale of pancreatitis or cerebral edema. Grossly lipemic serum due to extremely high triglyceride (38.6 mmol/L) and cholesterol (23.2 mmol/L) levels were observed with a high blood glucose (23 mmol/L) and a low pH of 7.06 on a venous blood gas. We discuss the case of a 23-year-old, previously healthy, woman who initially presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain. Severe hypertriglyceridemia is a known, but uncommon complication of diabetic ketoacidosis. Stefansson, Hrafnkell Sigvaldason, Kristinn Kjartansson, Hilmar Sigurjonsdottir, Helga Ãgusta Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening problem that.

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