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TREATMENT MODALITIES: PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPIES | 6-37 slightly elevated (<13.0mmol/L) which resulted in a delay in treatment of ketoacidosis (81). Common precipitating factors included major surgeries, illnesses or infection, insulin dose reduction/omission, low carbohydrate diet, dehydration, high alcohol consumption and extreme exercise (81). These factors all have the potential to potentiate DKA by exacerbating the gap between low insulin and high glucagon levels.