A patient is experiencing uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with an overproduction of β-hydroxybutyric acid.Which statement is false?

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Lysine and arginine are not effective in neutralizing β-hydroxybutyric acid, therefore statement C is false. The other statements are true. In uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, there is excess production of β-hydroxybutyric acid which results in metabolic acidosis. This leads to increased ventilation and exhalation of carbon dioxide (statement A) and the catabolism of glutamine to reform lost bicarbonate ion (statement B). The anion of β-hydroxybutyric acid is excreted in the urine (statement D).

A Patient Is Experiencing Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus with an Overproduction