Author Question: A patient with type 1 diabetes is admitted with hyperglycemia and associated acidosis. The presence ... (Read 45 times)

DyllonKazuo · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A patient with type 1 diabetes is admitted with hyperglycemia and associated acidosis. The presence of which alternative fuel in the body is responsible for the acidosis?

1) Glycogen
2) Insulin
3) Ketones
4) Proteins

Question 2

Two days after a patient undergoes abdominal surgery, his surgical incision is red and slightly edematous; it is oozing a small amount of serosanguineous (pink-tinged serous) fluid. On the basis of these data, what can you conclude? Choose all that apply.

1) The wound is most likely infected.
2) This is a vascular response to inflammation.
3) Damaged cells are being regenerated.
4) Exudate formation is occurring.