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In type I Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is commonly precipitated by a lapse in insulin treatment or by an acute infection, trauma, or infarction that makes usual insulin treatment inadequate. Although type II Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients rarely have Diabetic Ketoacidosis - DKA, many may have some level of ketone formation and acidosis, because of a decrease in food intake and a marked decrease in insulin secretion due to severe and chronic hyperglycemia (glucose toxicity). These patients usually do not require insulin after the acute metabolic event is corrected.
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