[
    {
        "id": "osp-1494",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Incidence and Mortality of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Benghazi-Libya in 2007",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Elmehdawi",
                "given": "Rafik R."
            },
            {
                "family": "Ehmida",
                "given": "Mohammad"
            },
            {
                "family": "Elmagrehi",
                "given": "Hanan"
            },
            {
                "family": "Alaysh",
                "given": "Ahmad"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/incidence-and-mortality-of-diabetic-ketoacidosis-in-benghazi-libya-in-2007",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2013
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "DOI": "10.5001/omj.2013.50",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis and the mortality rate at Benghazi city. Methods: A cross-sectional study of the records of all patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis to all Benghazi hospitals (governmental and private) between 1st of January and 31st of December 2007. Results: The annual incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis was 41.7 episodes/100,000 populations with a mean age of 33±20.1 years (2-93). Around 52% of all the episodes occurred in males and 2.6% of adult Diabetic ketoacidosis occurred in pregnant females. Type-2 diabetics were responsible for 27.7% of all episodes. The commonest precipitating factor in the whole study group was dose disruption (35%), followed by infection (20%). The most common presenting symptoms were gastrointestinal, whilst 3.5% of the patients were comatose at presentation. The overall mortality was 11.7% and there was no significant difference in mortality between males and females (11% vs. 12.6%; p=0.6); however, type-2 diabetics showed a significantly higher mortality rate (29.3% vs. 4.9%; p=0.000). Conclusion: Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common condition in Libya with a high mortality rate and type-2 diabetics constitute a considerable number of the cases."
    }
]