title: A correlation between arterial ketone body ratio and concentration of beta-hydroxybutyrate as an indicator of hepatic functional reserve.
abstract: We have investigated the correlation between the arterial blood ketone body ratio (AKBR) and beta-hydroxybutyric acid (HBAC) in the course of a 75 g glucose tolerance test. The correlation was revealed to be represented by an equation of Y = A + BX [X = log(HBAC), Y = log(AKBR)] with high significance. This expression existed in both normal individuals and patients with liver, biliary tract or pancreas disease. The postoperative course was unsatisfactory because of liver dysfunction in cases whose value B was more than -0.6 in bisegmentectomy and more than -0.45 in uni- or subsegmentectomy. The coefficient B in the equation was suggested to contribute to the evaluation of hepatic functional reserve.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamanoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aikou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimazu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimotsuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagashige
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000097:blood*; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000097:blood*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D007657:Ketone Bodies; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid