BLOOD LACTATE AND KETONE BODIES IN DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS

Autor: Vibeke Bitsch, Jens Lyngsøe, Svend Strandgaard, Poul Ebbe Nielsen
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Acta Medica Scandinavica. 190:17-20
ISSN: 0001-6101
Popis: Arterial blood lactate, pyruvate, plasma β-hydroxybutyrate and acetone have been followed in 12 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis during the initial 24-hour treatment period. In all cases the acidosis was fully explained by the accumulation of ketone bodies, and blood lactate and pyruvate never exceeded normal values. A slight rise was, however, observed in blood lactate in some patients during the treatment. Some possible explanations of this phenomenon are discussed. β-hydroxybutyrate was cleared from the plasma much faster than acetone, and the ratio between the ketone bodies was constantly changing during treatment of the acidosis.
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