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August 27, 2026

Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Ketone Testing: Why Beta-Hydroxybutyrate, Glucose, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Results Must Be Read Together

How the DKA triad—ketosis, hyperglycemia or known diabetes, and metabolic acidosis—guides urgent diagnosis, severity assessment, and safe follow-up.

Diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA, develops when insulin is too low for the body's needs and the liver rapidly produces acidic ketones. The resulting crisis is not defined by one abnormal value. Clinicians must establish three […]

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August 11, 2026

Diabetes and Prediabetes Blood Tests: A1C, Glucose, Insulin, and C-Peptide

Compare diabetes blood tests—including A1C, fasting glucose, OGTT, insulin, and C-peptide—for screening, diagnostic support, and ongoing monitoring.

Diabetes blood tests are not interchangeable. In nonpregnant adults, A1C, fasting plasma glucose, and the two-hour plasma glucose value from a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test can be used for screening and diagnostic support. A […]

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