23. Diabetes Pathology

Question 1

Walking home you find a man in his young 20’s stumbling and slurring his words and confused of his location. You smell his breath and to your surprise it does not smell of whiskey but of fruit. With this evidence of this man’s condition what would you expect lab investigation to yield?

A. Blood pH of 7.6 
B. Urine positive for ketones
C. Glucose at 100 mg/dl
D. Low K 
E. High Na 

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Answer 1

Ans. B Urine positive for ketones- the young man mostly like has DM I and is suffering from diabetic ketoacidosis