The nursing instructor is discussing diabetes mellitus with the junior nursing class. What would the instructor tell the class may develop in the patient when ketone bodies accumulate in excessive amounts?
A) Hypovolemia
B) Polyuria
C) Diabetic ketoacidosis
D) Blurred vision
Ans: C
Feedback: Ketone bodies are acids that disturb the acid-base balance of the body when they accumulate in excessive amounts. This will result in diabetic ketoacidosis. Signs and symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting hyperventilation, fruity odor of breath, and if left untreated, possible death. Excessive amounts of ketone bodies do not cause hypovolemia, polyuria or blurred vision.
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