Urine dipstick testing for ketones is widely used when diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is suspected in patients with hyperglycaemia. If urinary ketones are positive, patients are referred for further management--often inappropriately, as the test is a poor surrogate for plasma ketones. Plasma beta-hydroxy...
Either test can therefore be used to exclude ketosis, but the capillary blood ketones test is more accurate to confirm ketoacidosis.P. Taboulet aN. Deconinck aA. Thurel aL. Haas aJ. Manamani aR. Porcher bC. Schmit aJ.-P. Fontaine a...
As far as I know you absolutely have to know your blood sugar numbers to control your diabetes. Testing your blood sugar is the only way to know whether your blood sugar is too high or too low. I suppose there is some reason why she keeps testing her self. Why don’t you talk to ...
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the creatinine assay is subject to interference because of intake of certain drugs or because of certain pathophysiological states includinghyperbilirubinemiaanddiabetic ketoacidosis. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, sCR is a marker of renal filtration, not structural injury. An acute rise in creatin...
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Complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are the same, for example, skin, eye, and circulation problems, low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), ketoacidosis, and amputation. If diabetes is not managed a person may not survive. Exercises for Diabetes Nerve Pain Le...
147. Adrougué HJ, Wilson H, Boyd AE, Suki WN, Eknoyan G: Plasma acid-base patterns in diabetic ketoacidosis. N Engl J Med 1982; 307: 1603−1610. 148. Staessen JA, Wang JG, Birkenhäger WH: Outcome beyond blood pressure control? Eur Heart J 2003; 24: 504−514. 149. Dal...
Decreased food and fluid intake during Ramadan can cause severe Hypoglycemia (hospitalisation due to decrease blood glucose level), severe Hyperglycemia (hospitalisation due to increased blood glucose level), Diabetes Ketoacidosis (usually occurs in Type 1 patient due to excessive reduction of insulin dos...
F L U I D A D M I N I S T R A T I O N R A T E AFFECTS ONSET OF B R A I N - STEM HERNIATION (BH) I N DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (DKA) C e r e b r a l edema probably o c c u r s u n i v e r s a l l y with i n s u l i n and f l u i d ...