urine ketone test strip

Clinical significance: - detects urine ketones. - popular with people on low carbohydrate diets - limitations: - ketosis only occurs with rather stringent carbohydrate restriction Increases: - hemolysis causes discoloration of test tablets or sticks - clinical disorders a) diabetic ketoacidosis*, prolonged fasting, severe carbohydrate restriction with normal fat intake (weight- reducing diets), anorexia nervosa, persistent vomiting, glycogen storage diseases, branched chain ketonuria, methylmalonic aciduria, exercise in untrained subjects, pregnancy, stress, post-anesthesia b) states with markedly increased metabolic rates - high fever, severe thyrotoxicosis, active acromegaly c) excessive hormone production/administration - growth hormone, ACTH, glucocorticoids, hyperinsulinism, catecholamines

References

Prescriber's Letter 10(9):54 2003