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KETONE (BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) Serum/Plasma
Test CodeKETONE
CPT Codes
82010
Preferred Specimen
Light Green (Lithium) Gel or Gold Top Tube
Specimen Stability
3 days
Clinical Significance
Measurement of B-hydroxybutyrate in human plasma. BHBT is a ketoacid that nornally accounts for 75% of the ketones bodies in circulating plasma. During periods of ketosis, BHBT increases even more than double the other two ketoacids and has been shown to be a better index of ketoacidosis including the detection of subclinical ketosis. Ketosis can result from starvation, acute alcohol abuse, and diabetes mellitus.