Disturbance of inorganic phosphate metabolism in diabetes mellitus: clinical manifestations of phosphorus-depletion syndrome during recovery from diabetic ketoacidosis

Figures & data

Figure 1 Pattern of changes in plasma phosphate (Δ), 2,3-DPG (●), and P₅₀ at in vivo pH on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve (○) in a case of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Abbreviations: 2,3-DPG, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate; Hb, hemoglobin.

Figure 2 A flowchart indicating the most important factors leading to ATP deficiency in and during recovery from diabetic ketoacidosis.

Abbreviations: ATP, adenosine triphosphate; ODC, oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve; 2,3-DPG, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate.