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Diabetic ketoacidosis screening
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) but urine ketone dip test may be used in high risk population.
Screening
Screening
Urine ketone dip test
- The urine ketone dip test has high sensitivity for detecting DKA and a high negative predictive value for excluding DKA in hyperglycemic patients with diabetes.
- It is considered that urine dip test is a better tool for screening of DKA than serum ketone levels or serum bicarbonate levels.[1][2]
References
References
- ↑ Schwab TM, Hendey GW, Soliz TC (1999). “Screening for ketonemia in patients with diabetes”. Ann Emerg Med. 34 (3): 342–6. PMID 10459090.
- ↑ “Diabetes Care”.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]