A 16-year-old boy presents with weight loss, polyuria and polydipsia. Capillary glucose is 24 mmol/L and ketones are 2.8 mmol/L, but he is haemodynami...

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A 16-year-old boy presents with weight loss, polyuria and polydipsia. Capillary glucose is 24 mmol/L and ketones are 2.8 mmol/L, but he is haemodynamically stable with pH 7.36. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

New-onset type 1 diabetes without ketoacidosis

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Type 2 diabetes

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Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state

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Reactive hypoglycaemia

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Normal adolescent physiology

au-amc MCQ (SBA): New-onset type 1 diabetes

A 16-year-old boy presents with weight loss, polyuria and polydipsia. Capillary glucose is 24 mmol/L and ketones are 2.8 mmol/L, but he is haemodynamically stable with pH 7.36. What is the most likely diagnosis?