We quantitated serial serum beta-hydroxybutyrate (-OHB) levels using the Ketosite method in 9 children with IDDM who were treated for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and compared them to urinary ketone measurements by dipstick. Persistent elevations of serum -OHB were seen in six patients when the...
Data from 496 autopsy cases with positive beta hydroxybutyrate (BHB), acetone or isopropanol in blood were investigated. The cases were divided into different groups according to cause of death. Cases with cause of death due to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA, n=54) had the highest levels of BHB ...
β‐hydroxybutyratehydrogen peroxideketonesmetabolic acidosisurinalysisObjectives: While critically important, the rapid identification of the etiology of metabolic acidosis (MA) may be labor-intensive and time-consuming. Alcoholic, starvation, and severe diabetic ketoacidosis (AKA, SKA, and DKA, respectively...