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KETONE MONITORING
When your are ill or unable to eat, it's
important to monitor both glucose and ketones. A build-up of ketones can reach
dangerous levels and requires immediate treatment. (Measuring glucose via
finger-stick tests is preferable to urine testing.)
URINE KETONE AND GLUCOSE
TESTING
| Brand Name |
Measures |
Comment |
Acetest Reagent
(Bayer
Diagnostics) |
Ketones (acetoacetate
and acetone) |
Tablet; use with urine or blood.
Reading in 30
sec. |
Chemstrip K
(Roche
Diagnostics) |
Ketones (acetoacetate
and
acetone) |
Reading in 1 min. |
Chemstrip uGK
(Roche
Diagnostics) |
Glucose and ketones |
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Ketostix
(Bayer
Diagnostics) |
Ketones
(acetoacetate) |
Reading in 15 sec. May give false negative reading
if acetone is
present. |
Keto-Diastix Reagent Strips
(Bayer Diagnostics) |
Glucose and ketones |
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Precision Xtra
(Abbott) |
Glucose and ketones |
Glucose results in 20 sec., ketones in 30 sec.
includes advanced management system |
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