Multiple Choice
As a surgical physician assistant student,you are taking care of a patient with T2DM who is undergoing an emergency appendectomy.She is currently maintained on the meglitinide repaglinide (Prandin) .You speak to the anesthesiologist,who informs you the patient will be started on insulin before surgery.Based on this information,what will you expect to occur in regards to her Prandin dosage?
A) Discontinued Prandin
B) Increased dose of Prandin by double
C) Decreased dose of Prandin by one-half
D) No change in the Prandin dose because the insulin will self-regulate
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