A patient has mild metabolic acidosis from a not-too-severediabetic decompensation leading to keto-acidosis. The patient's pHis 7.49 with a bicarbonate = 16mM. What is the most likelyexplanation for these data?
a) this is compatible with a single acid-base
b)diabetic ketoacidosis, with appropriate respiratorycompensation
c) solely from this data, you can determine that there is asimultaneous metabolic alkalosis
d) these numbers can be explained by a simultaneous respiratoryalkalosis
e) the patient's respirations are probably about 7 per minuteand shallow, with the smell of acetone
