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Ketones - urine - Risks

Alternative Names

Ketone bodies - urine; Urine ketones

What the risks are:

There are no risks.

Special considerations:

Special diets can change test results. For example, a diet low in carbohydrates and high in protein and fat can raise ketone levels in the blood which can then enter the urine.

Some drugs, including glucocorticoids, can cause false positive measurements.

Male urinary system

Reviewed last on: 11/30/2009
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Herbert Y. Lin, MD, PHD, Nephrologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Inzucchi SE, Sherwin RS. Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 247.

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