Several friends went out Saturday evening to celebrate an exam. They skipped din

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Several friends went out Saturday evening to celebrate an exam. They skipped dinner and decided to head straight to the bar. The next morning Jo Blow found his roommate, Al Martini, laying unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. He was rushed to the emergency department and initial laboratory studies showed a metabolic acidosis and blood glucose levels of 30mg/dL (normal range 100-120mg/dL). Which of the following best describes the ratio of insulin to glucagon in this individual at the time of presentation? >1 1 < 1

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Here in this case the insulin levels are raised as compared to glucagon levels . Thats why the glucose levels decreased so here glucagon levels are decreased. >1 decribes best the insulin to glucagon ratio.

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