KROK 1 2014 – Question 65 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 39-year-old female patient with a history of diabetes was hospitalized in a precomatose state for diabetic ketoacidosis. This condition had been caused by an increase in the following metabolite level:
- A. Citrate
- B. Aspartate
- C. Acetoacetate
- D. Malonate
- E. Alpha-ketoglutarate
Hint
Think about what lack of insulin does to fat breakdown, and what the liver makes from the excess acetyl units when oxaloacetate is scarce.
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