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23 April 2003

Osmotonicity of acetoacetate: possible implications for cerebral edema in diabetic ketoacidosis.

Jacob M. Puliyel

Med Sci Monit 2003; 9(4): BR130-133 :: ID: 4704

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Rapid drops in blood glucose and sodium levels during treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can cause a drop in the osmotonicity of plasma, resulting in cerebral edema. Ketone bodies are assumed to move freely in and out of cells, so it is assumed that they do not contribute to the tonicity of plasma or influence fluid shifts. The assumption that ketone bodies do not contribute to osmotonicity has not been tested previously. The experiment described here was done to check if acetoacetate has osmotonicity. MATERIAL/METHODS: A modified erythrocyte fragility test was used to check the osmotonic and osmoprotective effects of the ketone body. Red blood cells were suspended in different test tubes containing distilled water, normal saline, glucose, urea and acetoacetic acid (lithium salt C[sub]4[/sub]H[sub]5[/sub]O[sub]3[/sub]Li). All solutions (except the tube with distilled water) were made to match the osmolality of plasma. We hypothesized that solutions in which red cell hemolysis does not take place have greater tonicity than the tonicity of 0.45% saline. RESULTS: Spectrophotometry showed that there was no hemolysis in the solutions of normal saline or solutions containing glucose or acetoacetate. Complete hemolysis was demonstrated in the tube with plain distilled water and also in the solutions containing urea. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that acetoacetate is functionally similar to glucose in that it contributes to increased osmotonicity. The drop in ketone body levels can produce a drop in the osmolar tonicity of plasma and precipitate cerebral edema.

Keywords: Acetoacetates - metabolism, Brain Edema - metabolism, Diabetic Ketoacidosis - metabolism, Glucose - metabolism

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