Thus, Tennessee's standard for allocating legislative representation among her counties is the total number of qualified voters resident in the respective counties, subject only to minor qualifications.^[4]Decennial reapportionment

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^{additional question}

Question 1

Do potassium channel activators such as nicorandil have any benefit in

the treatment of a diabetic patient with cardiovascular complications?

Question 2

Is a dosage of 2.5 mg/day of methyltestosterone, as a component in

some multivitamin formulae, safe to give to diabetics or will it make the

diabetes more difficult to control (see also Chapter 5, question 5)?

Question 3

How does diabetes mellitus cause atherosclerosis?

Question 4

How does diabetes cause renal damage, especially diabetic nephropathy

with the presence of microalbuminuria?

Question 5

Type 1 diabetes causes nephropathy in 40% of cases and type 2 causes it

in 20% of cases but the most common cause of nephropathy we see is

type 2, why?

Question 6

Why is intractable vomiting seen in diabetes mellitus and how can it be

managed?

Question 7

Is gabapentin superior to carbamazepine in terms of efficacy in the

treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy? What are its side-effects?

Question 8

Why is diabetic ketoacidosis more common in type 1 diabetes?

Question 9

Why is there abdominal pain in diabetic ketoacidosis?

Question 10

Grades of ketonuria are sometimes mentioned. I have not been able to

locate a detailed description in textbooks and would be grateful if you

could explain the grades of ketonuria or recommend suitable reading

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