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An alternative to inducing ketosis by dietary modification is intravenous delivery of exogenous sources of ketones. It is unknown whether there is a strong relationship between BHB infusion rate and blood BHB concentrations in the published literature; this information is vital for clinical studies investigating therapeutic effects of ketosis. This systematic review aimed to aggregate available data and address this gap.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>The PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched, and data were extracted from 23 manuscripts where BHB was infused and maximum and\/or steady state BHB levels assessed. Infusion rate was adjusted when racemic BHB was infused but only<jats:sc>D<\/jats:sc>-BHB was measured.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>Using a random effects meta-regression, strong linear relationships between BHB infusion rate and maximal (y = 0.060 + 0.870x,<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>= 87.2%,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt; 0.0001) and steady state (y = \u22120.022 + 0.849x,<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>= 86.9%,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt; 0.0001) blood BHB concentrations were found. Sensitivity analysis found this relationship was stronger when studies in non-healthy populations were excluded (y = 0.059 + 0.831x,<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>= 96.3%,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt; 0.0001).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>There is a strong relationship between BHB infusion rate and blood BHB concentrations; the regressions described here can be used by clinicians or researchers to determine ketone delivery required for a target blood concentration.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fphys.2023.1202186","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,28]],"date-time":"2023-06-28T09:27:41Z","timestamp":1687944461000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["A systematic review and meta-regression of exogenous ketone infusion rates and resulting ketosis\u2014A tool for clinicians and researchers"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Kristi L.","family":"Storoschuk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas R.","family":"Wood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Brianna J.","family":"Stubbs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"189","DOI":"10.1042\/cs0810189","article-title":"Ketone infusion lowers hormonal responses to hypoglycaemia: Evidence for acute cerebral utilization of a non-glucose fuel","volume":"81","author":"Amiel","year":"1991","journal-title":"Clin. 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