KROK 1 2018 – Question 119 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Ketosis develops in the patients with diabetes mellitus, as the result of activation of fatty acids oxidation processes. What acid-base imbalance can result from accumulation of excessive ketone bodies in the blood?
- A. No imbalance occurs
- B. Respiratory alkalosis
- C. Respiratory acidosis
- D. Metabolic alkalosis
- E. Metabolic acidosis
Hint
Consider the chemical nature of ketone bodies, what they do to blood pH, and which component of the acid-base system changes first.
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