Urine dipsticks are not accurate for detecting mild ketosis during a severely energy restricted diet

Failure of urine dipsticks to detect ketosis in rats.

Comparison of urine dipsticks with quantitative methods for microalbuminuria.

We describe a new dip- and read dipstick that detects urine albumin at concentrations of 10 mg/l and above and urine creatinine at concentrations of 300 mg/l and above. The albumin assay is based on a high-affinity, dye-binding technique while the creatinine assay is based on the peroxidase-like activity of copper creatinine complexes. With these two-test dipsticks, urines from normal adults su...

Ketosis-Onset Diabetes and Ketosis-Prone Diabetes: Same or Not?

Objective. To compare clinical characteristics, immunological markers, and β -cell functions of 4 subgroups ("A β " classification system) of ketosis-onset diabetes and ketosis prone diabetes patients without known diabetes, presenting with ketosis or diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and admitted to our department from March 2011 to December 2011 in China, with 50 healthy persons as control group. R...

[Self-test of morning urine with urinary dipsticks for 7 consecutive days for asymptomatic microscopic hematuria].

BACKGROUND The frequency of hematuria and proteinuria was assessed in terms of the existence of glomerular disorders. METHODS Fifty-five patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria, in whom no urological disorders were recognized, were used in this study. The frequency of hematuria and proteinuria was assessed by self-test of the first voided urine in the morning with urinary dipsticks f...

Energy-restricted diet during lactation programs ovarian growth factor and gonadotropin receptor expression in rats

The goal of this study was to evaluate whether a maternal energy-restricted diet could program ovarian angiogenesis and growth factor and gonadotropin receptors expression in rats. After parturition, six Wistar rats with 6 pups each were randomly assigned to one of the following groups: control group (C), with free access to a standard laboratory diet containing 23% protein; and energy-restrict...