Role of capillary ketone testing in the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetic ketoacidosis

Int J Clin Pract. 2017 Nov;71(11). doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13028.

Authors

Luma Khalid¹, A H Aamir¹, Mark Livingston², Adrian Heald^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, PGMI Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan.
² Department of Blood Sciences, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK.
³ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK.
⁴ The School of Medicine and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 29131481
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.13028

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Capillaries
Case-Control Studies
Diabetic Ketoacidosis / blood*
Diabetic Ketoacidosis / diagnosis*
Humans
Ketones / blood*
Predictive Value of Tests
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Ketones