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ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2023

The effectiveness of blood glucose and blood ketone measurement in identifying significant acidosis in diabetic ketoacidosis patients.

Eric S Kilpatrick, Alexandra E Butler, Sawsan Saeed, Naji Alamuddin, Stephen L Atkin, David B Sacks

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Article in Diabetology & metabolic syndrome, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric S Kilpatrick *Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
Alexandra E Butler *Department of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, PO Box 15503, Busaiteen, Adliya, Bahrain. aeb91011@gmail.com.
Sawsan SaeedDepartment of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, PO Box 15503, Busaiteen, Adliya, Bahrain.
Naji AlamuddinDepartment of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, PO Box 15503, Busaiteen, Adliya, Bahrain.
Stephen L AtkinDepartment of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, PO Box 15503, Busaiteen, Adliya, Bahrain.
David B SacksNational Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain · BHKing Hamad University Hospital · BHNational Institutes of Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a potentially fatal complication of type 1 diabetes, have hyperglycemia, ketonemia and metabolic acidosis. Blood glucose and blood ketone results are often used to triage patients with suspected DKA. This study aimed to establish how effective blood glucose and blood ketone (beta-hydroxybutyrate, BOHB) measurements are in identifying patients with significant acidosis and sought to validate existing diagnostic BOHB thresholds.

methodsInitial Emergency Department results on 161 presumptive DKA episodes in 95 patients (42 F, 53 M, age range 14-89 years) containing a complete dataset of D (glucose), K (BOHB) and A (Bicarbonate [HCO

resultsBlood glucose correlated poorly with BOHB (r = 0.28 p = 0.0003), pH (r= -0.25, p = 0.002) and HCO

conclusionsThe commonly employed BOHB diagnostic cutoff of 3mmol/L could not be verified. Since acid-base status was poorly predicted by both glucose and BOHB, this highlights that, regardless of their results, pH and/or HCO

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Acid-base statusbeta-hydroxybutyrateBicarbonateDiabetic ketoacidosisKetonespH

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