PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hoffman, W H
AU  - Steinhart, C M
AU  - el Gammal, T
AU  - Steele, S
AU  - Cuadrado, A R
AU  - Morse, P K
TI  - Cranial CT in children and adolescents with diabetic ketoacidosis.
DP  - 1988 Jul 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 733--739
VI  - 9
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/9/4/733.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/9/4/733.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1988 Jul 01; 9
AB  - To determine the effects of diabetic ketoacidosis on the brain, we studied nine consecutive patients between the ages of 6 and 17 years by performing cranial CT on three occasions: on admission, before treatment; 6-8 hr after beginning treatment; and 7 days after admission. Both the pretreatment scans and those at 6-8 hr showed significantly reduced size of the lateral and third ventricles in comparison with the 7-day scans. A comparison of the pretreatment scans with those done at 6-8 hr showed no statistically significant differences. We conclude that the cerebral swelling of diabetic ketoacidosis is usually present before treatment.