A 48-year-old woman with a 3-day history of nausea and vomiting has deep sighing respiration and her breath smells sweet. The receiving physician's clinical diagnosis is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Further investigations revealed: plasma glucose is very high (often>40 mmol/L), along with

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A 48-year-old woman with a 3-day history of
nausea and vomiting has deep sighing
respiration and her breath smells sweet.
The receiving physician's clinical diagnosis
is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Further
investigations revealed: plasma glucose is
very high (often>40 mmol/L), along with
raised urea and creatinine. With the patient's
condition, discuss the biochemistry why she
became hypovolemic?
Transcribed Image Text:A 48-year-old woman with a 3-day history of nausea and vomiting has deep sighing respiration and her breath smells sweet. The receiving physician's clinical diagnosis is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Further investigations revealed: plasma glucose is very high (often>40 mmol/L), along with raised urea and creatinine. With the patient's condition, discuss the biochemistry why she became hypovolemic?
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