Patients with diabetes mellitus who neglect insulin therapy rapidly metabolize lipids, and there may be an accumulation of the acidic by-products of lipid metabolism in the blood. What effect would this have on respiration?
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A: Respiratory rate increases if blood pH decreases in order to breathe out carbon dioxide (and hence reduce acid). In uncontrolled diabetics this is known a Kussmaul breathing.
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