ea0023oc5.5 | Oral Communications 5 | BSPED2009
Nath Puneet
, Babiker Amir
, Datta Vipan
Background: ISPAD clinical practice consensus guidelines 20067 defined DKA as: blood glucose >11 mmol/l in presence of venous pH <7.3 or bicarbonate <15 mmol/l, ketonaemia and ketonuria. The level of ketonaemia or ketonuria was not specified. Blood ketones can be checked easily using a blood ketone meter (Optium). In our institution we have been measuring them on all children admitted with suspected DKA over the last 5 years. A blood ketone level of >3.0 ...