Journal of forensic sciences
Elevated beta-hydroxybutyrate within a pediatric population and its associated pathology: A retrospective case series.
Nasim Haghandish, Anthea Girdwood, Christopher Milroy, Jacqueline Parai
Published: 202510.1111/1556-4029.70227
Abstract
Elevated beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is a marker for ketoacidosis. Post-mortem values for the diagnosis of fatal ketoacidosis and the associated clinical and histologic findings are limited in the pediatric population. A retrospective case series of p…
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