Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA)


Epidemiology


Etiology


Physiology


Diagnosis

Ethanol Level

Acetest/Ketostix (Nitroprusside reaction only detects acetoacetic acid and acetone): may be negative or only weakly positive

Serum Potassium: normal
-NOTE: ketoacidosis (unlike inorganic acidoses) does not cause hyperkalemia


Clinical Manifestations

Neurologic Manifestations

Renal Manifestations

Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (AGMA) (see Metabolic Acidosis-Elevated Anion Gap, [[Metabolic Acidosis-Elevated Anion Gap]])

Ketosis

Elevated Osmolal Gap (see Serum Osmolality, [[Serum Osmolality]])

Other Manifestations


Treatment


References