A Patient in Diabetic Ketoacidosis Is Comatose with a Temperature

question 16

Multiple Choice

A patient in diabetic ketoacidosis is comatose with a temperature of 102.2° F.The nurse would suspect

• A) head injury.
• B) infarct of the hypothalamus.
• C) infection.
• D) heat stroke.

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