The excretion of ketones other than acetone has been described in a few reports of patients with the ketotic hyperglycinemia syndrome. Our unexpected finding of butanone, 2-and 3-pentanone in the urine of Gompertz' patient with methylcrotonylglycinuria led us to modify our gaschromatographic(GC...
At Johns Hopkins, pediatric patients were admitted to the hospital for a 48-hour fast and then given eggnog (minus the rum and sugar, I'm guessing) until ketosis was achieved (usually took about 4 days). In addition, ketogenic diets were calorie-restricted to just 75 to 90 percent of w...