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A patient was hospitalized in a comatose state. The patient has a 5-year long history of diabetes mellitus type 2. Objectively respiration is noisy, deep, with acetone breath odor. Blood glucose is 15.2 mmol/L, ketone bodies - 100 micromol/L. These signs are characteristic of the following diabetes complication:

Answer options

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

Ketoacidotic coma

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