ABSTRACT

In a patient that admitted to the hospital with the complaints of nause, vomitting, polydipsia, with findings of hyperglisemia, ketonemia and acidemia, the first diagnosis to be considered is diabetic ketoacidosis. However, intoxications can mimic many diseases. Lactic acidosis, uremia, intoxications with salicylates, methanol, ethylene glycole and paraaldehyde may present clinically as Diabetic ketoacidosis. This may delay the patient’s diagnosis and treatment. Therfore; patients with unexplained clinical findings should be investigated for these intoxications. In this paper, we presented a 3-year-old girl patient, who was refered to our hospital with the diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis and was diagnosed salicylate intoxication afterwards.

Keywords: Diabetic ketoacidosis, salicylate, intoxications