If you are a diabetic or care giver for a diabetic, it is imperative that you are aware of the acute (short-term) ...

Ketone levels can be monitored with an at-home urine test kit. A urine test for ketones should be used if you match the descriptions above or have any of the following symptoms of DKA: You may ...

DKA requires immediate medical attention. Symptoms include thirst/dry mouth, frequent urination, high blood glucose levels, and high levels of ketones in the urine. DKA can be prevented by using ...

While ketosis is a typical metabolic process, DKA is not. DKA is a diabetes complication in which the glucose and ketone blood levels get too high. The cause is an extreme lack of insulin.

A new study from the University of Michigan offers hope for a better way to care for DKA patients — one that could keep many ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a build-up of substances called ketones in the blood that can happen if a patient's blood glucose levels are too high for too long and is caused by a lack of insulin ...

Low haematocrit levels result in erroneously high ... quickly detecting or preventing diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). StatStrip Glucose/Ketone* measures blood beta-hydroxybutyrate, the preferred ...

β-HB is used to aid the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with ketosis (also known as ketoacidosis and diabetic ketoacidosis or ... This process produces the ketone β-HB, which is further ...

When patients presented for acute medical care, their providers often failed to recognize the DKA, leading to unnecessary ... instructed to check urine or blood ketones if he or she feels unwell ...

In the present proposed protocol, we have used essentially the same insulin regimen for both DKA and HHS, but because of a greater level of mental obtundation in HHS, we have recommended only ...