Use of capillary β-hydroxybutyrate for the diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis at emergency room: Our one-year experience

Diabetologia Croatica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Sefedini, Erduan ^a   Prašek, Manja ^b   Metelko, Željko ^b   Novak, Branko ^b   Pinter, Zita ^b  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Ketone body

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; KETONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KETONURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349159233     PISSN: 03510042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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