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27. A 27-year-old man with type 1 diabetes mellitus is brought to the emergency department because of stupor and diabetic ketoacidosis. His diabetes is usually well controlled. His wife says he has had a fever and productive cough for several days and has been taking an over-the-counter cough syrup. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the ketoacidosis?
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) Cough syrup
B
) Dehydration
C
) Failure to take insulin
D
) Infection
E
) Lack of exercise
D???
Need an explanation! 
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| yasmeen
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D IS CORRECT IT PPT KETOACIDOSIS
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| robin082006
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In patient with diabetes, type 1 or 2, the need of insulin increases when having stress (infection, operation, excercise....)
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| r_albayunen
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d
maybe some underlying mucor infection
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| DrVirgo
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Thanks for the explanation. agree.
What about failure to take insulin? What would that cause... HYPERglycemia... and....?
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| docswapna
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Infection is the MCC for DKA than failure to take insulin
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