Antithrombin III in relation to other coagulation disorders in cases of diabetic ketoacidosis before and after treatment

This work was done on 20 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis. Coagulation studies were done to every patient before and after treatment including prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, antithrombin III, fibrin degradation products. It was found that the partial thromboplastin increased significantly after control of the ketotic state, the antithrombin III decreased significantly after treatment, no change was found in prothrombin time and platelet count