In a 27-year-old woman on a strict low carbohydrate diet, high anion gap metabolic acidosis was attributed to starvation ketoacidosis, with a possible contribution from liraglutide injection.
In plain wordsIn one woman on a strict low carbohydrate diet, a serious acid imbalance was mainly linked to the diet, with liraglutide a possible added factor.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableHigh anion gap metabolic acidosis (starvation ketoacidosis)
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · injectionAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
We report a rare case presentation of HAGMA associated with Liraglutide and low carbohydrates diet.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
She was discharged home as SKA secondary to diet with the possibility of drug superimposing the starvation state.
A 27-year-old female patient presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a complaint of nausea and vomiting for two days.
She was following a strict low carbohydrate diet for three months to reduce her weight as her body mass index (BMI) was 30 kg/m3.