Are blood ketones a better predictor than urine ketones of acid base balance in diabetic ketoacidosis?

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 396-399

  MacKay, L ^b   Lyall, M J ^c   Delaney, S ^c   McKnight, J A ^a   Strachan, M W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

acid base status; diabetic ketoacidosis; ketonaemia; ketonuria

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BICARBONATE; KETONE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KETONEMIA; KETONURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 78650207630     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1529     Document Type: Article

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