Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can be easily confirmed with the triad of hyperglycaemia, metabolic acidosis and ketonaemia/ketonuria when suspected. DKA presenting as acute abdomen sometimes is well known, but not vice versa. We describe a rare presentation of acute abdomen with stress hyperglycaemia masquerading as DKA.Case Report: 2 year old boy presented with abdominal pain for 8 hours, vomiting & lethargy and tachypnoea & tachycard...