Table 6

Results from a controlled fast in a 3-year-old with ketotic hypoglycaemia

DateTimeGlucose
(mmol/L)
Lactate
(mmol/L)
Free fatty acids
(µmol/L)
3-Hydroxybutyrate
(µmol/L)
24/3/1513:00
(baseline)
5.21.4125<50
Start of the fast19:004.7
20:004.5
21:004.5
25/3/1500:004.6
01:004.2
03:003.4
04:004.3
05:003.2
06:004.0
07:003.7
08:003.4
09:003.5
10:003.41.111031390
16 hours11:002.51.39552161
Postprandial12:457.91.14111569
DateTimeCortisol
(nmol/L)
Growth hormone
(mU/L)
Insulin
(mIU/L)
C peptide
(nmol/L)
Ammonia
(µmol/L)
TCO2
(mmol/L)
24/3/1513:00
(baseline)
12324824.3
25/3/1509:004584.65317.8
11:006747.4<10<946116.9
12:451.7