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Plasma 'Ketone' Levelin the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Acidosis Postgrad. med. J. (October 1968) 44, 799-802. Postgrad Med J: first published as 10.1136/pgmj.44.516.799 on 1 October 1968. Downloaded from Plasma 'ketone' level in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic acidosis M. S. KNAPP MARGARET E. HORN M.D., M.R.C.P. M.B., M.R.C.P. Lecturer in Medicine, University ofBristol Medical Registrar, Bristol Royal Hospital All patients in possible diabetic acidosis admit- Summary ted to one of the medical firms at the Bristol A simple method of estimating the plasma Royal Infirmary over a 3-year period had an 'ketone' level with 'Acetest' tablets has been used estimation of the plasma 'ketone' level performed in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic acid- by the clinical staff in the ward side-room. In osis. The method is valuable when used in those patients treated for a moderate or severe association with full biochemical facilities, but it diabetic keto-acidosis the estimation was is especially useful in situations where these can- repeated, usually every four hours. The second not be easily obtained. and subsequent doses of insulin were based to a considerable extent on the plasma 'ketone' titre. Introduction If the titre had not fallen or had risen, an in- In a patient suspected of having diabetic keto- creased dose of insulin was given. A fall in titre acidosis it is useful to be able to rapidly confirm indicated a satisfactory response and either a Protected by copyright. the diagnosis. In this situation we have used a similar dose or a smaller one was used, depending simple side-room method for the detection of on previous blood sugar results. plasma ketones and now report our experience In all patients blood was sent to the laboratory with it. for measurement of blood glucose, blood urea Rothera (1908) described a method of identify- and electrolytes (including bicarbonate). Urine ing ketone bodies in urine which depends on the was examined for reducing sugars with 'Clinitest' reaction between sodium nitroprusside and aceto- tablets and for ketones with 'Acetest' tablets and acetic acid in the presence of free ammonium Gerhardt's reaction (port-wine colour on addi- ions. Wishart (1920) adapted this method for use tion of ferric chloride). with plasma. We have used 'Acetest' (Ames & Co. Ltd) tablets, which are based on this reac- Results tion, as a qualitative and quantitative measure- Brief clinical details of eight patients admitted ment of plasma 'ketones'. 'Acetest' tablets react in diabetic keto-acidosis are listed in Table 1. with both aceto-acetate and acetone but they are The patients' ages ranged from 14 to 72 years. more sensitive to the former, therefore the reac- Two were previously undiagnosed, the rest http://pmj.bmj.com/ tion is mainly a measure of the aceto-acetate developed ketosis as the result of an infection or concentration. The concentration of aceto-acetate an inappropriate reduction in insulin dose. All correlates with the severity of diabetic keto- but one of the diabetics previously treated had acidosis (Nabarro, 1962). been taking insulin. The plasma from all these patients gave a positive reaction with 'Acetest' Methods with dilutions of 1: 8 or higher. Only one patient Venous blood was collected into a heparinized was seen who did not have a positive test at container. After separation the plasma was drawn this dilution but had sufficient acidosis to depress on October 6, 2021 by guest. off with a syringe or pipette. A drop of plasma the serum bicarbonate: she was shown to have was placed on a crushed 'Acetest' tablet and a lactic acidosis and is described in more detail inspected after half a minute. If a postive result (Case 9). was obtained a series of dilutions was made, i.e. The patients were not catheterized and in some 1: 2, 1: 4, 1: 8, 1: 16, etc., and the test the first urine was obtained after the start of treat- repeated. The highest dilution that produced ment. Only two patients did not show heavy a definite purple colour, i.e. comparable to that glycosuria and ketonuria as evaluated by indicating one plus ketonuria on the chart pro- Gerhardt's reaction. The first of these was a vided by Ames was recorded. patient (Case 3) with renal failure who had only 800 M. S. Knapp and Margaret E. Horn Postgrad Med J: first published as 10.1136/pgmj.44.516.799 on 1 October 1968. Downloaded from TABLE 1 Patients admitted with diabetic acidosis Duration of Blood Plasma bi- Plasma Urine Urine Patient Age Sex Comments: precipitating cause prodromal sugar carbonate ketones sugar ketones (if known) symptoms (mg/100 ml) (mEq/1) (titre) (%) Gerhardt's 1 76 F Pneumonia. Semicomatose 7 days 590 7 5 1:8 >2 +ve 2 27 M Polyuria. Polydipsia. 28 days 900 125 1:16 >4 +ve Semi-comatose 3 58 F Diabetic nephropathy. Blood 2 days 1000 12 5 1:16 2 -ve urea = 200 mg/100 ml before ketosis 4 14 M Polyuria. Polydipsia. Drowsy 28 days 580 14 1:16 16 +ve 5 16 M 'Stopped insulin'48 hr. 24 hr 980 6-6 1:32 > 2 +ve Semi-conscious 6 22 F Polydipsia. Polyuria. 7 days 470 125 1:8 >2 +ve Dehydrated. Alert 7 19 F Acute urinary tract infection 5 days 600 <5 1:32 > 2 +ve 8 64 F 'Stopped insulin' 2 days 1900 <10 1:8 > 2 +ve 9 40 F Staphylococcal septicaemia 24 hr 160 <10 Nil 0 -ve Patients 1-8 had diabetic keto-acidosis. Patient 9 had lactic acidosis. 2% glycosuria and very slight ketonuria, positive insulin was doubled. This promptly caused a fall not to Gerhardt's reaction. The in the plasma ketone titre and with a further to 'Acetest' but Protected by copyright. second was the diabetic with lactic acidosis who small dose of insulin they became undectable had no ketonuria. at 23 hr. During this period several other diabetic Insulin (units) patients were found to have a positive Gerhardt's 75 30 40 80 50 None reaction in the urine but a normal serum bicar- E 1000 l l l bonate level. Plasma ketones were absent or only 0 detected in undiluted plasma in these patients. ° 800 All of them responded rapidly to a moderate E 600 - increase in insulin dosage. °, 400 All patients with keto-acidosis were treated with 200 0 insulin. The treatment of three patients is m 0 _ described (Cases 1-3 and Figs. 1-3) to illustrate the way in which it is based on plasma ketone titre according to the principles already outlined. 132 In all cases the change in plasma 'ketone' level 16 http://pmj.bmj.com/ reflected changes in the blood glucose and plasma 1: bicarbonate level. o - E 2 Case reports E o Undil. Case 1 0 _ A 76-year-old diabetic woman was admitted semi-comatose. The plasma ketone titre was on October 6, 2021 by guest. 1: 8 and the blood sugar 590mg/100ml. 25 Seventy-five units of soluble insulin were given. 20 _ Four hours later the plasma ketone titre had .0 5 fallen to 1: 4 so a smaller dose of insulin was titre given. Eight hours later the plasma ketone ,r 5- had fallen to 1: 2. The 4-hr blood sugar result was now available and the level had fallen very 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 little from the initial value. The dose of inuslin Hours after admission was, therefore, slightly increased. At 14 hr the FIG. 1. Plasma ketone titre, blood sugar and plasma plasma ketone titre was still 1: 2 so the dose of bicarbonate levels in Case 1. Plasma 'ketone' level in diabetic acidosis 801 Postgrad Med J: first published as 10.1136/pgmj.44.516.799 on 1 October 1968. Downloaded from Case 2 100 ml and the bicarbonate 12-5 mEq/1. In view A 27-year-old male was admitted semi- of the renal failure she received a small initial comatose, a history of polyuria and polydipsia dose of 50 units of soluble insulin. After 3 hr was obtained. The plasma ketone titre was 1: 16 the plasma ketone titre had fallen to 1: 4 and and the blood sugar 900 mg/ 100 ml. After an as the initial blood sugar was very high a further initial dose of 75 units of soluble insulin his 50 units of insulin were given. At 8hr ketones plasma ketone titre had fallen to 1: 8 at 6 hr. were detected only in the undiluted plasma. After Forty units of soluble insulin were then given a small dose of insulin they became undetectable and resulted in a further fall in titre to 1: 2 at 4 hr later. 12 hr. He received 20 units of soluble insulin and plasma ketones became undetectable at 18 hr. Case 9 A woman aged 40 years with longstanding Insulin (units) diabetes was admitted to hospital with a staphy- 75 40 20 lococcal septicaemia. She received antibiotics. Her E diabetes was treated with a 50 g carbohydrate 0 1000 0 meal every 6 hr, and a dose of insulin before it ° 800 _ depending on the degree of glycosuria. E 600 One week after admission she became con- ° 400 - fused and started to hyperventilate. On examina- -o 200 tion she looked like a patient in diabetic pre- 0 co0 coma but the urine and blood contained no ketones. Investigations showed: blood glucose 160, urea 56 mg/100 ml, sodium 127, potassium 1:32 6-8 bicarbonate 10mEq/1, pH 7-25, Pco2 34 mm.
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