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=== Urine ketone dip test === | === 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. | * 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. | * It is considered that urine dip test is a better tool for screening of DKA than serum ketone levels or serum bicarbonate levels.<ref name="pmid10459090">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schwab TM, Hendey GW, Soliz TC |title=Screening for ketonemia in patients with diabetes |journal=Ann Emerg Med |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=342–6 |year=1999 |pmid=10459090 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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]