Today we're talking about an increasingly common and completely avoidable condition that is impacting close to half of the young Australians diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious and life-threatening complication of diabetes that is growing in prevalence across Australia. For many children and young adults, DKA is leading to hospitalisation and a host of life-impacting complications that could have been avoided if screened for sooner.

Join the Round Up host, Dr Elissa Hatherly as she chats with Dr Jason Yates, a paediatric endocrinologist at Townsville University Hospital. Dr Yates shares his clinical and research experiences in working to improve the diagnosis and prevention of DKA and what primary healthcare practitioners need to know to better address this condition.