Comparative data in 37 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis with regard to plasma acetoacetic acid and beta-hydroxybutyric acid (A); ratio of acetoacetic acid to beta-hydroxybutyric acid (C); and ketone bodies (nitroprusside reaction) in the urine (B) and plasma (D) before and during low-dose intravenous infusion of insulin for 48 hours.
Reproduced with permission from: Kitabchi AE, Fisher JN, Murphy MB, et al. Diabetic ketoacidosis and the hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic state. In: Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus, 13th edition, Kahn CR, Weir GC (Eds), Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia 1994. Copyright © 1994 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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