Bedside detection of urine β-hydroxybutyrate in diagnosing metabolic acidosis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 751-756

  Smith, Silas W ^a,b   Manini, Alex F ^a,b   Szekely, Tibor ^c   Hoffman, Robert S ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Acetoacetate; Hydrogen peroxide; Ketones; Metabolic acidosis; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SILVER NITRATE;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACIDOSIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONES; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; URINALYSIS;

EID: 56849131762     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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