Posted: July 25th, 2017

A 25-year-old woman with previously well controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus develops ketoacidosis 2 days after onset of a urinary tract infection. The most likely cause of the ketoacidosis is decreased efficacy of insulin on muscle, adipose tissue, and liver resulting from antagonism by which of the following hormones?

A 25-year-old woman with previously well
controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus develops
ketoacidosis 2 days after onset of a urinary tract
infection. The most likely cause of the
ketoacidosis is decreased efficacy of insulin on
muscle, adipose tissue, and liver resulting from
antagonism by which of the following
hormones?
(A) Androstenedione
(B) Cortisol
(C) Glucagon
(D) Leptin
(E) Thyroxine (T4)