Barbara Felix

Discussion Despite significant advances in monitoring technologies as well as insulin therapeutics, rates of both outpatient and hospital-acquired DKA have increased significantly over the past years.9 Key factors in the prevention of DKA are early detection and adequate patient education.18 Our results show that people living with T1D do not seem to be adequately informed about DKA despite being treated in specialized centers. A total of 32% had never heard of or were unfamiliar with it.