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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan-Feb;40(1):93-95.
doi: 10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_125_17.

Quetiapine-induced Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Soumitra Das  1 , Dhanya S Palappallil  2 , Arjun Kartha  3 , Varun Rajan  3
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Quetiapine-induced Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Soumitra Das et al. Indian J Psychol Med. 2018 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Psychomotor retardation and extrapyramidal symptoms have limited the conventional antipsychotic use. Atypical antipsychotics though widely prescribed with good tolerability and efficacy, the metabolic complications associated with them are of clinical importance. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a fatal complication of atypical antipsychotic use. We report a case of new-onset diabetes presenting as DKA with quetiapine use.

Keywords: Diabetic ketoacidosis; new-onset diabetes mellitus; quetiapine.

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