[Diabetic ketoacidosis].

Is the most commun and serious complication of the diabetes mellitus in the childhood and adolescent, the current mortality rate in most tertiary hospitals for children is about 2 percent. Is the metabolic consequence of a deficiency of insulin, it can be precipitating for stress, or inappropriate knowledge of the management and in some cases of subclinical diabetes or it still has not been diagnostic. The majority of instances of diabetic ketoacidosis can be prevented by early recognition of ketosis, and on appropriate ambulatory management.