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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2012

A comatose patient has been delivered to a hospital. He has a 5-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Objectively: breathing is deep and noisy, there is a smell if acetone around the patient. The concentration of glucose in blood is 15,2 millimole/l, of ketone bodies - 100 micromole/l. These disorders are typical for the following complication of this disease:

Answer options

  1. Ketoacidotic coma
  2. Hyperglycemic coma
  3. Hyperosmolar coma
  4. Hypoglycemic coma
  5. Hepatic coma
Correct answer

Ketoacidotic coma

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