Table 3: Laboratory parameters during treatment in DKA

Parameter With infections mean ± SD Without infections mean ± SD P value
Anion gap at adm 28 ± 5.22 27.2 ± 5.34 0.58
Anion gap at 6hrs 22.47 ± 6.6 21.64 ± 4.91 0.54
Mean fluids at ER ml/kg 22.4 ± 23 16.12 ± 13.7 0.13
Base deficit 28.08 ± 6.3 21.6 ± 7.8 0.008
Tco2 4.92 ± 2.95 7.29 ± 5.03 0.08
Hct at admission 39.03 ± 7.45 39.68 ± 6.37 0.64
Urea mg/dl 48.23 ± 31.0 37.32 ± 16.6 0.014
Glucose mg/dl 507 ± 108 519 ± 113 0.436
pH at admission 7.03 ± 0.19 7.11 ± 0.14 0.02
pH at 6 hours 7.19 ± 0.18 7.27 ± 0.12 0.009
Sodium mEq/L 144 ± 017 142 ± 6.03 0.48
Sodium at 6 hrs 141.3 ± 10.5 138 ± 6.86 0.058
Osmolality at adm Mosm/l 303.4 ± 14.57 302 ± 12.7 0.87
Osmolality at 6 hrs Mosm/l 298.5 ± 20.95 288 ± 20.6 0.016
hrs for gl to reach 250mg/dl 9 ± 8.4 9.8 ± 13.3 0.72
Hrs of acidosis duration 45 ± 50.39 22 ± 18.8 0.016
Insulin infusion hours 49.15 ± 49 25.6 ± 19.69 0.00
Hrs of IV fluids 50.3 ± 49 26.54 ± 19.9 0.00
HBA1c 11.57 ± 2.55 12.17 ± 2.9 0.25
Hosp stay days 9.67 ± 6.96 7.54 ± 4.40 0.046