TY - JOUR T1 - Cranial CT in children and adolescents with diabetic ketoacidosis. JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 733 LP - 739 VL - 9 IS - 4 AU - W H Hoffman AU - C M Steinhart AU - T el Gammal AU - S Steele AU - A R Cuadrado AU - P K Morse Y1 - 1988/07/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/9/4/733.abstract N2 - To determine the effects of diabetic ketoacidosis on the brain, we studied nine consecutive patients between the ages of 6 and 17 years by performing cranial CT on three occasions: on admission, before treatment; 6-8 hr after beginning treatment; and 7 days after admission. Both the pretreatment scans and those at 6-8 hr showed significantly reduced size of the lateral and third ventricles in comparison with the 7-day scans. A comparison of the pretreatment scans with those done at 6-8 hr showed no statistically significant differences. We conclude that the cerebral swelling of diabetic ketoacidosis is usually present before treatment. ER -