Contributing Factors of DKA in patients of diabetes mellitus

Abstract

The objective is to define the occurrence of contributing factors of DKA in diabetes patients. Descriptive cross sectional. At Institute of Child Health and Children’s Hospital Lahore study was conceded out from 1st May 2018 to 30th April 2019. Those Patients were included in the study who were completing inclusion area. Informed agreement was taken from patients and their information was recorded. Complete medical record including non-compliance, infections and laboratory findings was also retrieved. Data was entered in Performa. The recorded mean age calculated was 7.79+4.24 years, 55.5 %( n=111) were females and 44.5 %( n=89) were males. Occurrence of contributing factors of DKA in patients of diabetes mellitus was recorded as 41%(n=82) infection, frequency of type of infection was calculated as 15%(n=30) had RTI, 13%(n=26) had CNS, 13%(n=26) had UTI while 59%(n=118) had no infection. Frequency of infection was higher followed by non-compliance as contributing factors of DKA in patients of diabetes mellitus. However, respiratory tract infection was the commonest infection in our population.