Endocrine Abstracts

Background: ISPAD clinical practice consensus guidelines 2006–7 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 ...