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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
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
Precision Xtra (Abbott)	Glucose and ketones	Glucose results in 20 sec., ketones in 30 sec. includes advanced management system

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