1Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
3Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California
4Department of Pediatrics, Universiy of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Additional information for this article can be found in an online appendix at http://care.diabetesjournals.org.
A table elsewhere in this issue shows conventional and Système International (SI) units and conversion factors for many substances.
Abbreviations: β-OHB, β-hydroxybutyrate; CNS, central nervous system; DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; ECF, extracellular fluid