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A 23-year-old man with type 1 diabetes presents with polyuria, nausea and abdominal pain. Capillary glucose is 24 mmol/L, venous blood gas shows pH 7.18 and bicarbonate 12 mmol/L, and serum ketones are markedly elevated. Which combination best defines diabetic ketoacidosis?

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