Diabetes mellitus has pneumonia

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An older adult living with type 2 diabetes mellitus has pneumonia. For which complication is this person at highest risk?? Hyperosmolar hyperglycemia syndrome (HHS)? Hypoglycemia unawareness? Diabetic ketoacidosis? Insulin resistance?.

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