Diabetic Ketoacidosis & Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State Differential Diagnosis

Differential Diagnosis

DKA and HHS must be differentiated from the following:

• Alcoholic ketoacidosis
• Chronic renal failure
• Diabetes insipidus
• Ingestion of drugs (eg salicylate, methanol, ethylene glygcol, paraldehyde, isopropyl alcohol)
• Lactic acidosis
• Pituitary gigantism
• Starvation ketosis