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Considering that DKA accounts for 160k hospital admissions a year, your lived experience translates poorly to such a flippant dismissal. [0] https://www.cdc.go
by happyopossum 24d ago
Considering that DKA accounts for 160k hospital admissions a year, your lived experience translates poorly to such a flippant dismissal.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/about/diabetic-ketoacidosis.html https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/about/diabetic-ketoacidosis.htm...
- badc0ffee 24d agoDKA is what killed the legendary Dan Kaminsky.
- cogman10 24d agoI agree, but there are a lot of factors going on to contribute to that number. For example, about 20% of that number is because someone is finding out for the first time they have T1D [1]. Insulin costs and monitoring costs are also going to be a pretty big contributing factor. CGMs and finger sticks aren't cheap. IDK how often it happens that ketoacidosis happens when glucose appears to be fine, I assume it's pretty rare. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168822725002918 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016882272...
- crisnoble 24d agoA CGM that has ketone levels is quite literally pointless. If you have a CGM in the first place you would know if your sugars were high enough for long enough to get DKA.
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- jablongo 24d agoIn diabetics, DKA is preceded by hyperglycemia. Meaning, a CGM would tell you earlier that you are at risk for DKA than a CKM, a CKM would only tell you after you got it. Hence grahar64 is absolutely correct that as far as we know now, this provides no benefit to people at risk of DKA that a CGM does not already provide. I'm sure there will be some benefits but its really not clear at this point.