Near patient blood ketone measurements and their utility in predicting diabetic ketoacidosis

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-224

  Harris, S ^a,b   Ng, R ^a   Syed, H ^a   Hillson, R ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; DKA; Emergency department; Intravenous insulin

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; INSULIN; KETONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PREDICTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13444282208     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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