Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37334219›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2023

The role of anion gap normalization time in the management of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis.

Isaac Lazar, Dorit Wizeman-Orlov, Guy Hazan, Asaf Orbach, Alon Haim, Yuval Cavari, Yael Feinstein, Eitan Neeman, Eli Hershkovitz, Yaniv Faingelernt

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Comparing Outcomes of Potassium Acetate Versus Potassium Chloride Using the Two-Bag System.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Isaac Lazar *Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Saban Center of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Dorit Wizeman-Orlov *Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Guy HazanFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Asaf OrbachPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Saban Center of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Alon HaimFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Yuval CavariPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Saban Center of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Yael FeinsteinPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Saban Center of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Eitan NeemanPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Saban Center of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Eli HershkovitzFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Yaniv FaingelerntFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILSoroka Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Our aims were to determine whether anion gap normalization time (AGNT) correlates with risk factors related to the severity of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children, and to characterize AGNT as a criterion for DKA resolution in children admitted with moderate or severe disease. Methods: A ten-year retrospective cohort study of children admitted to the intensive care unit with DKA. We used a survival analysis approach to determine changes in serum glucose, bicarbonate, pH, and anion gap following admission. Using multivariate analysis, we examined associations between patients' demographic and laboratory characteristics with delayed normalization of the anion gap. Results: A total of 95 patients were analyzed. The median AGNT was 8 h. Delayed AGNT (>8 h) correlated with pH < 7.1 and serum glucose >500 mg/dL. In multivariate analysis, glucose >500 mg/dL was associated with an increased risk for delayed AGNT, by 3.41 fold. Each 25 mg/dL elevation in glucose was associated with a 10% increment in risk for delayed AGNT. Median AGNT preceded median PICU discharge by 15 h (8 vs. 23 h). Discussion: AGNT represents a return to normal glucose-based physiology and an improvement in dehydration. The correlation observed between delayed AGNT and markers of DKA severity supports the usefulness of AGNT for assessing DKA recovery.

Indexed as

anion gap (AG)anion gap normalization timechildrendiabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) - in children or adolescents with established type 1 diabetesDKA resolutionpediatric intensive care unit (PICU)type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1)

Identifiers

PMID37334219
PMCPMC10275565
OpenAlexW4379056392

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.