A 55-year-old female is admitted to the medical unit for complications of long-term,poorly controlled type 2 DM.Which of the following would the nurse expect to find in addition to elevated glucose?

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Macrovascular disease (lesions in large and medium sized arteries)increases morbidity and mortality and increases risk for accelerated atherosclerosis.
Acidosis,rather than alkalosis,would occur in this patient.
Elevated enzymes do not occur,but atherosclerosis does.
Anemia would not be expected,but atherosclerosis is.

A 55-Year-Old Female Is Admitted to the Medical Unit for Complications