Table 4: Factors contributing to HADKA.
Cause |
Hospital A |
Hospital B |
All patients |
|
Insulin administration |
Withholding insulin |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Insulin dose reduction |
0 |
2, (3) |
2, (3) |
|
Interruption to insulin infusion |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Infection |
|
3, (4) |
3, (4) |
|
Steroid use |
|
1 |
1 |
|
SGLT2 inhibitor |
2, (3) |
0 |
2, (3) |
|
Acute stress from disease |
(1) |
1 |
1, (2) |
(In brackets - when more than one causative factor is present).