Interactive diabetes case 13: Deterioration of glycemia in a 59-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes complicated by retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy – B2

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Incorrect.

The abdominal computed tomography (CT) shows stool in the large intestine but is otherwise unremarkable.

The patient received intravenous contrast dye for the CT. He develops contrast-induced acute kidney injury in the setting of diabetic nephropathy, for which he is hospitalized. The serum creatinine reaches a peak value of 4.7 mg/dL on the fourth hospital day and then falls to 3.1 mg/dL.

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