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In the management of a child with diabetic ketoacidosis and a plasma pH of 6.9, insulin infusion is typically continued even after plasma glucose is reduced to 250 mg/dL, and glucose is coadministered with insulin. This is done in order to allow

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 In the management of a child with diabeticketoacidosis and a plasma pH of 6.9, insulininfusion is typically continued even after plasmaglucose is reduced to 250 mg/dL, and glucose iscoadministered with insulin. This is donein orderto allow:

  1. muscle glycogen to be replenished
  2. plasma potassium to be normalized
  3. plasma osmolality to be reduced rapidly
  4. complete oxidation of ketone bodies
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D. complete oxidation of ketone bodies

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