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Multiple Choice: Chapter 21 Diabetes Question 1. In a patient with newly presenting type 1 diabetes (a) A blood pH < 7.30 indicates severe ketoacidosis (b) It is more common to see diabetic ketoacidosis in children <5 years and teenagers than children age 5–11 years (c) Blood ketones are low when insulin levels are low in ketoacidosis (d) A random blood glucose >7 mmol/L is diagnostic of type 1 diabetes (e) Autoantibodies to islet cells are seen in all patients with type 1 diabetes