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Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States

Publications

• Case Report   
  Euglycemic Ketoacidosis and Development of GDM Following COVID-19 Infection in Pregnancy: A Case Report
  Author(s): Agrawal Taruna* and Dancso Janos
  
  Background: There is more evidence that COVID-19 infection affects the glucose metabolism. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening medical emergency requiring urgent treatment. There are few case reports of Euglycemic DKA (EDKA) occurring in pregnant patients with pre-existing either type 1, type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). However, this is a case report of patient developing EDKA without any previous history or risk factors for developing GDM in pregnancy and who developed GDM following COVID-19 infection in pregnancy. Case presentation: We describe a case report of 29 year old Gravida 2+0 patient without previous history of DM complicated with EDKA at 28 weeks of pregnancy following COVID 19 infection. EDKA needs a higher level of suspicion for diagnosis and is associated with increased fetal.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.36648/1479-1064.33.1.45

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