A 21-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Several

question 177

Multiple Choice

A 21-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to several days of dizziness and extreme fatigue.  The patient has been drinking a lot of water and urinating more than usual for the past 2 weeks.  He developed nausea and vomiting a day ago and has had difficulty keeping food and liquids down since then.  The patient has no other medical conditions and takes no medications.  Blood pressure is 90/60 mm Hg, pulse is 120/min, and respirations are 20/min.  Urinalysis is positive for glucose and ketones.  The patient is given intravenous fluids and an intravenous infusion of recombinant human insulin without any amino acid modification.  After his condition is stabilized, the insulin infusion is stopped, and the same insulin formulation is administered subcutaneously.  Which of the following drug concentration curves is most likely to be obtained after the subcutaneous insulin injection?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D

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