Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Testing for Diabetic Ketoacidosis at Emergency-Department Triage: β-Hydroxybutyrate versus the urine dipstick

OBJECTIVE: In the emergency department, hyperglycemic patients are screened for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) via a urine dipstick. In this prospective study, we compared the test characteristics of point-of-care β-hydroxybutyrate (β-OHB) analysis with the urine dipstick. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Arora, Sanjay, Henderson, Sean O., Long, Theodore, Menchine, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2011
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21307381
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc10-1844

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21307381
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc10-1844

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