A 39-year-old man with untreated diabetes mellitus type I is brought to the emergency room. An injection of insulin would be expected to cause an increase in his

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[VI C 3; Table 7.7]. Before the injection of insulin, the woman would have had hyperglycemia, glycosuria, hyperkalemia, and metabolic acidosis with compensatory hyperventilation. The injection of insulin would be expected to decrease her blood glucose (by increasing the uptake of glucose into the cells), decrease her urinary glucose (secondary to decreasing her blood glucose), decrease her blood $\mathrm{K}^{+}$(by shifting $\mathrm{K}^{+}$into the cells), and correct her metabolic acidosis (by decreasing the production of ketoacids).
The correction of the metabolic acidosis will lead to an increase in her blood $\mathrm{pH}$ and will reduce her compensatory hyperventilation.

A 39-Year-Old Man with Untreated Diabetes Mellitus Type I Is K+\mathrm{K}^{+}K+

A 39-Year-Old Man with Untreated Diabetes Mellitus Type I Is $\mathrm{K}^{+}$