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A patient has mild metabolic acidosis from a not-too-severediabetic decompensation leading to keto-acidosis. The patient's pHis 7.49 with a bicarbonate = 16mM. What is the most likelyexplanation for these data?

a) this is compatible with a single acid-base

b)diabetic ketoacidosis, with appropriate respiratorycompensation

c) solely from this data, you can determine that there is asimultaneous metabolic alkalosis

d) these numbers can be explained by a simultaneous respiratoryalkalosis

e) the patient's respirations are probably about 7 per minuteand shallow, with the smell of acetone

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Option B diabetic ketoacidosis with appropriate respiratory compensation The body initially buffers the change with the bicarbonate buffering system but this system is quickly overwhelmed and other    See Answer
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