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Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2011
Point-of-care beta-hydroxybutyrate testing for assessing diabetic ketoacidosis severity prior to treatment in the emergency department.
- Sanjay Arora, Marc A Probst, Chad Agy, and Michael Menchine.
- Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. sanjay.arora@usc.edu
- Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 2011 Dec 1; 94 (3): e86-8.
AbstractWe prospectively evaluated the correlation between point-of-care β-OHB values and DKA severity at time of initial diagnosis in 54 patients. The correlation coefficients between β-OHB and pH, bicarbonate and anion gap were 0.33, 0.25 and 0.16, respectively. We conclude that point-of-care β-OHB absolute values cannot reliably assess DKA severity.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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