KROK 1 2019 – Question 94 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient with diabetes mellitus after an insulin injection lost his consciousness and developed convulsions. What will be the result of a biochemical test for blood glucose level in this case?
- A. 10 mmol/L
- B. 2.5 mmol/L
- C. 3.3 mmol/L
- D. 5.5 mmol/L
- E. 8.0 mmol/L
Hint
Consider what insulin does to blood glucose, and how low the level must fall before the brain, which depends on glucose, loses consciousness and develops seizures.
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